Swedish artist Lars Vilks said Wednesday he plans to display a new batch of paintings of the Prophet Mohammed despite death threats over his illustration of the prophet as a dog.
Two years after the beginning of protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, Egypt remains a deeply divided country. Demonstrators recently attacked the headquarters of Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood party. Meanwhile, the president compared the country's current challenges to the difficulties faced by the Prophet Mohammed when he founded the city Medina in the seventh century.
Malala Yousufzai, a Pakistani girl who rose to prominence after speaking out against Taliban militants who closed down her school in 2009, remains in a serious condition on Wednesday after Taliban gunmen fired on her school bus in the Swat valley.
If a French court can stop the publication of compromising photos of Kate Middleton, why shouldn’t it stop the publication of cartoons that denigrate the Prophet Mohammed? The head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation draws that parallel in an interview with Armen Georgian. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu’s remarks highlight the gulf between attitudes in the Muslim world and the secular West.
Pakistan’s government on Sunday sought to distance itself from a cabinet minister’s offer of a $100,000 reward for killing the maker of an anti-Islam film that has triggered protests across the Muslim world.
Pakistan’s railways minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has offered a $100,000 reward for killing the maker of the US film mocking prophet Mohammed. His comments came a day after 21 people died in violent protests against the “Innocence of Muslims” film.
French police turned out in force in Paris and other parts of the country on Saturday as they successfully enforced a ban on protests against a US-made film and cartoons published by a French magazine ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed.
French embassies, consulates and international schools in 20 Muslim countries closed their doors on Friday for fear of a violent backlash over cartoons published earlier this week by Paris-based weekly Charlie Hebdo.
In today's French press review, we discuss a new scientific study revealing that GM crops can cause tumours, liver and kidney problems in rats. Also in the papers: the controversial front page of Charlie Hebdo. The satirical French weekly published raunchy caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, sending shockwaves across the Muslim world.
In today's international press review, we focus on Charlie Hebdo's controversial front page. The French satirical weekly published caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, fuelling further anger in France and abroad. Also in the papers: a Pakistani accused of blasphemy after he refused to take part in protests, and an unusual love song featuring a beautiful woman, her admirer and...a drone.
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