[57501] Quran burning incident in the US sparks outrage on social media

The Quran burning incident in the US

During May 12, 2026, it was reported by various media outlets identified with Muslim and conservative positions in Turkey regarding an incident in the United States, where a man identified as Jake Lang burned a copy of the Quran near an Islamic center.

According to the Daily Islamist channel, characterized by an Islamist editorial line, the act was carried out under the sponsorship and security of the local police. The channel defined Lang as an "enemy of Islam" and reported that the event took place near a Muslim religious center as reported in Daily Islamist.

Similar reports appeared extensively on Turkish news channels such as Son Dakika Haberler Gündem and Son Dakika Haberler Türkiye, which published updates on the event throughout the day according to Son Dakika Haberler Gündem. These channels emphasized that the act occurred under "police protection," using the term "Islamophobic" to describe the action. Some of the publications even included verses from the Quran in response to the event as an expression of a religious stance.

As of now, the event has received dozens of mentions on these channels, which highlight the severity of the act in the eyes of the Muslim community and the outrage that US authorities allowed the protest to take place under security.