June 10, 2017
9:30 pm

A view of Islamabad, Pakistan in 2016 (CC BY-SA Taimur Dee/Wikimedia Commons)

Pakistani gets death sentence for blasphemy on Facebook

Taimoor Raza found guilty of insulting the prophet Muhammad during online argument about Islam; will appeal ruling

By AFP

May 27, 2017
7:55 pm

Pakistani Muslims pray before breaking their fast on the start of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Peshawar on May 27, 2017. (AFP/Abdul Majeed)

Ramadan begins for world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, violently for some

Holy fasting month marred by conflict and bloodshed in countries in the Middle East and around the world

By AFP

January 6, 2017
7:37 pm

Journalist Zineb el Razhoui (YouTube screen capture)

Charlie Hebdo journalist quits, says paper has gone soft on Islamists

On 2-year anniversary of terror attack, columnist Zineb el Razhoui says magazine ‘died on January 7,’ criticizes decision to stop drawing Muhammad

By Laurence THOMANN

September 25, 2016
2:03 pm

Sheikh Omar Abu Sara calls for the slaughter of the Jews at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2014 (YouTube screen capture)

Al-Aqsa preacher sentenced to 8 months for incitement

Sheikh filmed in November 2014 urging crowd to commit violence; judge says it’s ‘a shame’ he doesn’t see Jews as human

By Times of Israel staff

September 11, 2016
7:05 pm

Muslim pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat where the Prophet Muhammed is believed to have given his final sermon, near the holy city of Mecca, on September 11, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)

Hajj reaches apex as millions converge on Mount Arafat

Most important day of annual pilgrimage includes visit to site where Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad gave final sermon

By Sarah Benhaida

September 7, 2016
9:09 am

An illustrative photo of someone using the Facebook mobile app. (CC BY melenita2012/Flickr)

Algeria jails Christian for Prophet Muhammad posts

Court sentences 49-year-old convert to Christianity to three years in prison for ‘insulting’ comments posted to Facebook

By AP and Times of Israel staff

July 31, 2016
9:11 pm

Cartoon posted on Fatah's Information and Culture Commission website on August 1st, 2016, which suggests Israel is taking advantage infighting between Muslims. (Courtesy: Fatah Information and Culture Commission website)

Cartoon on Fatah site shows Israel exploding Muslim world

Anti-Semitic drawing suggests the Jewish state is taking advantage of fighting between Sunnis and Shiites

By Times of Israel staff

July 8, 2016
8:38 pm

A clip from a Fatah TV cartoon that shows the Jews conspiring with the devil to defeat Muhammad. (Screen capture YouTube)

Fatah TV airs cartoon shows Jews conspiring with the devil

Program for kids characterizes Jews as untrustworthy, driven by fear and jealousy of Muhammad and his followers

By Times of Israel staff

July 6, 2016
9:28 pm

Moroccan Muslim men perform prayers for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the city of Sale, north of the Moroccan capital Rabat on July 6, 2016. (AFP Photo/Fadel Senna)

Muslims mark end of a Ramadan marred by deadly attacks

Wave of violence in past month — from Turkey and Bangladesh to Iraq and Saudi Arabia — makes this year’s celebrations a somber occasion

By AFP

May 18, 2016
1:42 pm

One of the entries in Iran's Second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest, May 2016. (YouTube/MEMRI TV)

Iranian TV: Holocaust cartoon fest boosts freedom of speech

Tehran-based station says foreign artists ‘hastened to send their satirical works in order to denounce the Israeli crimes’

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

April 7, 2016
8:27 am

File: Slain Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah (Youtube screenshot)

Taxi driver admits killing Scottish Muslim over beliefs

Shopkeeper Asad Shah was stabbed to death due to his Ahmadi faith, hours after wishing Christians a ‘very happy Easter’

By Sue Surkes

March 18, 2016
6:50 am

Illustrative photo of police officers at Liberty Bell Park in Jerusalem, July 24, 2013 (Zuzana Janku/Flash90)

5 indicted in assault on Arab janitor in Jerusalem

The Jewish youths, four of them minors, shouted racist epithets at their victim as they beat him, according to the indictment

By JTA

March 13, 2016
9:01 pm

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shaking hands with Ahmed al-Zind during his swearing-in ceremony as justice minister in Cairo, May 20, 2015. (AFP/Egyptian Presidency/HO)

Egypt justice minister sacked after saying he would arrest Mohammad

Ahmed al-Zind says comment a ‘slip of the tongue,’ but outraged protesters call for his ouster

By AFP

March 4, 2016
6:38 pm

Pakistani jailed for 13 years for Facebook post

Prosecutor says Rizwan Haider, a Shiite, posted ‘objectionable material against the belief of Sunni Muslims’

By AFP

February 24, 2016
4:24 am

Imam Shaban Sherif Mady during a sermon in Alberta, Canada (YouTube screenshot)

Canadian imam: Islam will conquer Rome

Alberta preacher says that just as Muslims took over Constantinople, they will in the future seize ‘the heart of the Christian state’

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Prophet Muhammad

Pakistani gets death sentence for blasphemy on Facebook

Taimoor Raza found guilty of insulting the prophet Muhammad during online argument about Islam; will appeal ruling

Ramadan begins for world’s 1.5 billion Muslims, violently for some

Holy fasting month marred by conflict and bloodshed in countries in the Middle East and around the world

Charlie Hebdo journalist quits, says paper has gone soft on Islamists

On 2-year anniversary of terror attack, columnist Zineb el Razhoui says magazine ‘died on January 7,’ criticizes decision to stop drawing Muhammad

Al-Aqsa preacher sentenced to 8 months for incitement

Sheikh filmed in November 2014 urging crowd to commit violence; judge says it’s ‘a shame’ he doesn’t see Jews as human

Hajj reaches apex as millions converge on Mount Arafat

Most important day of annual pilgrimage includes visit to site where Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad gave final sermon

Algeria jails Christian for Prophet Muhammad posts

Court sentences 49-year-old convert to Christianity to three years in prison for ‘insulting’ comments posted to Facebook

Cartoon on Fatah site shows Israel exploding Muslim world

Anti-Semitic drawing suggests the Jewish state is taking advantage of fighting between Sunnis and Shiites

Fatah TV airs cartoon shows Jews conspiring with the devil

Program for kids characterizes Jews as untrustworthy, driven by fear and jealousy of Muhammad and his followers

Muslims mark end of a Ramadan marred by deadly attacks

Wave of violence in past month — from Turkey and Bangladesh to Iraq and Saudi Arabia — makes this year’s celebrations a somber occasion

Iranian TV: Holocaust cartoon fest boosts freedom of speech

Tehran-based station says foreign artists ‘hastened to send their satirical works in order to denounce the Israeli crimes’

Taxi driver admits killing Scottish Muslim over beliefs

Shopkeeper Asad Shah was stabbed to death due to his Ahmadi faith, hours after wishing Christians a ‘very happy Easter’

5 indicted in assault on Arab janitor in Jerusalem

The Jewish youths, four of them minors, shouted racist epithets at their victim as they beat him, according to the indictment

Egypt justice minister sacked after saying he would arrest Mohammad

Ahmed al-Zind says comment a ‘slip of the tongue,’ but outraged protesters call for his ouster

Pakistani jailed for 13 years for Facebook post

Prosecutor says Rizwan Haider, a Shiite, posted ‘objectionable material against the belief of Sunni Muslims’

Canadian imam: Islam will conquer Rome

Alberta preacher says that just as Muslims took over Constantinople, they will in the future seize ‘the heart of the Christian state’

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