Tens of thousands of Pakistanis are expected to protest Friday as global Muslim anger mounts over a US-made anti-Islam film and cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a French magazine. Huge crowds attempted to storm Islamabad’s diplomatic enclave Thursday, and
(AP) France to ban new prophet film protestPARISFrance’s leadership is barring a planned protest by people angry over a film produced in the United States that insults the Prophet Muhammad, but are defending a newspaper’s right to publish caricatures of
Iran proudly paraded its military hardware in Tehran on Friday under the gaze of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who used the event to again defiantly lash out at the West and Israel. The display, involving thousands of military personnel, tanks and
(Reuters) – British author Salman Rushdie, who lived in hiding for nine years under a death sentence from Iran’s supreme leader, said in an interview published on Thursday that something had gone wrong at the heart of Islam. Rushdie told
The most prestigious group of Sunni Islamic scholars and jurists in the world called on American Muslims to “immediately start legal action to prosecute those who offend Islam” and called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to wage lawfare
Libyan President el-Megarif went on the record with the AP last Friday to deny that a YouTube video motivated the murder of a U.S. ambassador. What, you didn’t hear about that? That’s likely because it embarrasses the media – not
RT: A Pakistani Muslim protester throws a tear gas shell back towards police as demonstrators attempt to reach the US embassy during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Islamabad on September 20, 2012
The Obama administration is mighty uncomfortable with people speaking their minds. President Barack Obama declared war on Fox News in the opening days of his administration. More recently, the White House blamed a crudely made film for the current violence
Several hundred lawyers in the Pakistan capital of Islamabad have broken through a gate into an area which houses the US Embassy and other foreign missions. The protests are among many others across the globe, which were sparked by an
(AP) Afghan leader urges peace day after suicide blastBy AMIR SHAH and HEIDI VOGTAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe Afghan president on Wednesday urged his nation to rally behind the push for peace despite persistent violence, evoking the memory of former leader who
(AP) France to ban new prophet film protestPARIS France’s leadership is barring a planned protest by people angry over a film produced in the United States that insults the Prophet Muhammad, but are defending a newspaper’s right to publish caricatures
The filmmakers responsible for the anti-Muslim video the White House claims is behind the rioting across the Middle East could face the death penalty for the crime of making an incendiary movie. So, too, could a Florida pastor who helped
(AP) MEDAN, IndonesiaIndonesians are calling for the producer of an anti-Islam film to be punished by the United States. About 200 protesters torched an American flag and tires Tuesday outside the U.S. Consulate in the country’s third largest city of Medan.
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEFAssociated PressCAIROAl-Qaida’s branch in North Africa on Tuesday called for attacks on U.S. diplomats and an escalation of protests against an anti-Islam video that was produced in the United States and triggered a wave of demonstrations and riots
By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROEgypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that has sparked riots across the Muslim
The violent Islamist-led protests currently seen around the world cannot long endure, for they do not represent a beginning but a destructive end marking “the last gasp of Islamic hate.” So writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim and member of the
By DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanNATO said Monday that it has scaled back operations with Afghan soldiers and policemen to lower the risk of insider attacks and reduce local tensions over an anti-Islam video that prompted protests in Afghanistan. It’s the
KARACHI, Pakistan — Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video produced in the United States clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Police officer Mohammad Ranjha says police fired
The person behind the anti-Muslim movie being blamed by the White House for causing the current crush of violence across the Middle East will never hobnob with Hollywood elite. Nor will he get much support from them, apparently. Not only
My Dear Friends, In light of, once again, the current crisis in regards to selective Free Speech – I wish to bring your attention to an article I wrote back in 2009. I do not care what your politics are,
In his now-infamous apology speech in Cairo on June 4th, 2009, the President said the following as part of his prepared remarks to the Muslim world. I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and
Bette Midler cast aside freedom of speech earlier this week by saying the filmmaker responsible for the anti-Muslim movie in the news should be charged with murder. Midler isn’t alone in shoving aside the First Amendment. Both hip hop mogul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a remote checkpoint in the south of the country before dawn Sunday, killing four American troops, according to Afghan and international officials. It was the
(AP) Military: Afghan inside attack kills 4 US troopsBy HEIDI VOGT and MIRWAIS KHANAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAn Afghan police officer turned his gun on NATO troops at a remote checkpoint in the south of the country before dawn Sunday, killing four
In February 2008, military leaders reacted to Senator Obama’s presidential campaign, warning that he did not understand the threat of radical Islam or the larger picture of national security. In fact, they asserted that if Obama were to win the
