(Reuters) – Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad on its cover, soon after violent protests rocked the Muslim world over a U.S. film and French caricatures deemed insulting to Islam. El Jueves’
Islamic leaders in Dearborn, Mich. are holding a rally this Friday night to build momentum for the passage of laws that prohibit speech or expression that hurts “the religious feelings of Muslims.” Put together in response to the film “Innocence of Muslims,”
In Obama’s speech at the UN, he asked less of Muslims than he asks of members of his own faith and,critically, less than he himself has said is required of those embarkingon a path to real democracy. That’s not just
My Dear Friends, There has been a wonderful idea from new Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in his speech at the UN that Islam not be criticized and that free speech comes with a responsibility so it is no longer acceptable
By ASIF SHAHZADAssociated PressISLAMABADThe Pakistani Cabinet minister who put a $100,000 bounty on an anti-Islam filmmaker’s head has impressed the country’s Taliban militants so much that they announced Wednesday they are taking him off their hit list. Separately, a breakaway
As recently as yesterday, President Obama stood before the world at the United Nations and blamed “The Innocence of Muslims” for the unrest in the Middle East and, more specifically, the death of four Americans in Libya, including Christopher Stevens,
President Barack Obama told the United Nations today that the world should respond to the wave of anti-American attacks and outrage across the Middle East by looking at the “deeper causes,” not security, and fight anti-Islamic rhetoric. It was similar
Today, President Barack Obama stated that negativity about Islam was a message that had to be rejected “by all who respect our common humanity.” Even as our ambassador in Libya is murdered by Islamists; even as Islamists in Egypt threaten
President Barack Obama stayed on message today during his address to the U.N. in New York City. Blame a crudely made movie available online, not in theaters, for the weeks of new violence engulfing the Middle East. President Barack Obama
Passing the buck in dramatic fashion on the world stage, President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly this morning that the U.S. government was not responsible for the anti-Islam video that he once again blamed for recent attacks on
On Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will seek to criminalize free speech and institute international blasphemy laws. The Organization of the Islamic Conference is a 56-state group (56 sovereign states and the Palestinian
(AP) Former President Clinton urges religious toleranceWASHINGTONFormer President Bill Clinton says the followers of Islam shouldn’t resort to violence when they hear their faith challenged in an increasingly diverse and Internet-connected world. Clinton tells CBS “you cannot live in a
CAIRO, Sept. 24 (UPI) —The Egyptian president is expected to discuss his country’s political transition and regional unrest during his address to the United Nations, Cairo announced. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history, left
(AFP) Iran announced on Monday it was yanking its entry in the Oscars race because of the “intolerable insult” of the US-made anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims in several countries. “I am officially announcing that in reaction to the
Even as President Obama avoids meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today to save time for hanging with the ladies on The View, Canadian Prime Minister will be meeting with Netanyahu. Sun News reports that Harper will be in New
The Daily Caller is reporting that President Obama “quietly” cancelled a meeting scheduled for this week with Egypt’s Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. Prior to the brutal murder on sovereign US territory of the Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens and a wave
By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is taking aim at the United States and Israel at a high-level U.N. meeting, accusing Washington of shielding what he calls a nuclear-armed “fake regime.” The Iranian leader also alluded to
(AP) Pakistan disowns bounty on anti-Islam filmmakerBy ASIF SHAHZADAssociated PressISLAMABADThe Pakistani government on Monday distanced itself from an offer by one of its Cabinet ministers to pay $100,000 for anyone who kills the maker of an anti-Islam film, saying the
Even as the Obama administration condemns a private YouTube video produced in the United States that treats Islam in brutal fashion, they have nothing to say about taxpayer-funded Palestinian propaganda brutalizing Israel and Jews. Palestinian Media Watch has released three
This past week we learned what really gets the liberal media in … well … a rage. It isn’t the act of perpetrating violence upon the innocent. No, it’s calling out that rage for everyone to see. In Liberal Land,
As radical Islamists assault embassies worldwide, Americans are enraged. But the Obama Administration is leading the charge backward by abandoning core free speech values — as Romney correctly observed — and instead persecuting American citizens. Instead of championing American exceptionalism,
A Pakistani government minister Saturday offered a $100,000 bounty for the death of the maker of the anti-Islam film produced in the US that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. His comments came a day after violent nationwide protests
Hillary Clinton met with Republican House members and Republican senators in two separate meetings to brief them about the terrorist attack in Libya on the U.S. consulate on Thursday. She tried to make the Administration’s case that the attacks were
(AP) Pakistani protests of anti-Muslim film turn deadlyBy RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanProtests over an anti-Muslim film turned violent Friday across Pakistan, with police firing tear gas and live ammunition at thousands of demonstrators who threw rocks and set fire to
Pakistani police opened fire on rioters who were torching a cinema during a protest against an anti-Islam film. Security forces clashed with demonstrators in several other cities in Pakistan.
