A Tunisian court on Thursday fined the owner of the privately-owned Nessma TV station for undermining "proper morals" by screening "Persepolis", a Franco-Iranian film that depicts Allah, an act considered blasphemous by many Sunni Muslims.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, 27/04/12. Controversial academic Tariq Ramadan says he's now supporting Sarkozy in the presidential race as a joke on his website. We also take a look forward to next week's televised debate between the two presidential candidates. Finally, an astrologer lets us in on her tips for the outcome next Sunday night.
Taking sides in the French election - Tariq Ramadan finds himself caught in the middle but says he's against both candidates. Bernadette Chirac, however, is firmly behind President Sarkozy - she lets us in on her predictions for the second round.
Human rights group Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday that Muslims were victims of discrimination in European countries. The report was particularly critical of countries that have banned veils or religious symbols in schools.
Kuwaiti lawmakers voted on Thursday in favour of a legal amendment that would make insulting God and the Prophet Mohammed punishable by death, following a furore over a Shiite man who allegedly posted defamatory material on Twitter.
One year on from the Arab Spring, the rise of Islamist parties across the region is giving some European and US leaders a headache. They are asking a very un-politically correct question - are Islam and democracy mutually exclusive? Alvaro de Vasconcelos, director of the European Institute for International Strategic Studies, says that is the wrong question, and the wrong approach.
Thousands of people from across the country flocked to Paris's northern suburb Le Bourget for the 29th Annual Meeting of France's Muslims this weekend, at a time when many Muslims feel stigmatised by the political climate.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood explains why it changed its mind and is now fielding a candidate for president; and insists on moderate credentials. Not true, answer panelists who also weigh up Washington’s welcome to a visiting Brotherhood delegation.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood explains why it changed its mind and is now fielding a candidate for president; and insists on moderate credentials. Not true, answer panelists who also weigh up Washington’s welcome to a visiting Brotherhood delegation.
With dozens now arrested across France for allegedly planning a terrorist attack, we ask whether President Sarkozy is using the spectre of radical Islam for his own political ends - and how it's gone down with France's Muslim voters.
