The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/prophet-muhammad/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Prophet Muhammad | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/prophet-muhammad/ 32 32 Artist arrested, hundreds riot in Turkey over cartoon said to show Prophet Muhammad https://www.timesofisrael.com/artist-arrested-hundreds-riot-in-turkey-over-cartoon-said-to-show-prophet-muhammad/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:44:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3588512 Mob of 250-300 clashes with police after LeMan magazine prints drawing editor says 'has nothing to do with prophet'; prosecutors say they have arrested the cartoonist, other staff

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]]> Insistent optimism: Charlie Hebdo unveils special edition decade after Islamist massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/insistent-optimism-charlie-hebdo-unveils-special-edition-decade-after-islamist-massacre/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:59:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3453753 New issue of French satire magazine, a beacon of free speech, is headlined 'Indestructible!'; 4 inside pages show entries in caricature contest to mock God and religious leaders

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]]> Charlie Hebdo to mark 10 years since terror attack with special God-mocking edition https://www.timesofisrael.com/charlie-hebdo-to-mark-10-years-since-terror-attack-with-special-god-mocking-edition/ Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:43:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3452623 Magazine to feature 'funniest and meanest' depictions of God; Macron, Hidalgo to attend memorials at satirical weekly's then-office, kosher supermarket attacked in related assault

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]]> Minnesota professor dismissed for showing Muhammad painting gets go-ahead to sue https://www.timesofisrael.com/minnesota-professor-dismissed-for-showing-muhammad-painting-gets-go-ahead-to-sue/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:13:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3100500 Judge says Erika López Prater can file suit against Hamline University for religious discrimination, after she was fired in wake of student's complaint over display of art

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]]> Uproar as US lecturer sacked for showing Prophet Muhammad images in art class https://www.timesofisrael.com/uproar-as-us-lecturer-sacked-for-showing-prophet-muhammad-images-in-art-class/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:19:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2921167 Hamline University in Minnesota dismisses Erika Lopez Prater for presenting 14th-century painting to students after first warning what was coming; Muslim student filed complaint

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]]> 6 arrested in Jerusalem clashes during event to mark Muhammad’s birthday https://www.timesofisrael.com/6-arrested-in-jerusalem-clashes-during-event-to-mark-muhammads-birthday/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 14:36:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2849664 Police say cop lightly hurt after Palestinians began throwing rocks and bottles at officers amid procession at Old City's Damascus Gate

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]]> Why decades later, Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ remains so controversial https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-decades-later-salman-rushdies-the-satanic-verses-remains-so-controversial/ Sun, 14 Aug 2022 02:55:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2817869 The 1988 book sparked outrage for appearing to mock the foundations of Islam by challenging the divine nature of the Quran

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]]> ‘No one will any longer dare offend Islam’: The 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-one-will-any-longer-dare-offend-islam-the-1989-fatwa-against-salman-rushdie/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:23:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2817485 Author stabbed on stage 33 years after Iran's Khomeini called on followers to rapidly execute him for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad

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]]> Sweden: Crash that killed cartoonist threatened over Muhammad drawings was accident https://www.timesofisrael.com/sweden-crash-that-killed-cartoonist-threatened-over-muhammad-drawings-was-accident/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:26:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2781542 Police weigh in on October incident that left Lars Vilks and three others dead after exploding tire caused driver of unmarked cop car to lose control of vehicle, collide with truck

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]]> UK government cuts ties with imam over protests against film on Muhammad’s daughter https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-government-cuts-ties-with-imam-over-protests-against-film-on-muhammads-daughter/ Sat, 11 Jun 2022 20:46:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2779140 Officials accuse Qari Asim of attempting to limit free expression after rallies against screenings, as well as inciting anti-Shiite hate

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]]> Huge Muslim protests across Asia after Indian official’s remark about prophet https://www.timesofisrael.com/huge-muslim-protests-across-asia-after-indian-officials-remark-about-prophet/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:53:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2778826 Anger in Islamic world snowballing since last week when a spokeswoman for Modi's party commented on relationship between Muhammad and youngest wife on TV debate show

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]]> Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam, Prophet Muhammad https://www.timesofisrael.com/muslim-nations-slam-india-over-insulting-remarks-about-islam-prophet-muhammad/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 02:37:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2776421 New Delhi struggling to contain diplomatic fallout over comments made by members of PM Modi's BJP party, which has seen protests from key regional allies

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]]> Polish art show defies ‘cancel culture’ but faces criticism for antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-art-show-defies-cancel-culture-but-faces-criticism-of-antisemitism/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 23:23:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2607527 Exhibition meant to showcase artists shunned for political work, but includes Swedish provocateur who left swastikas and boxes labeled 'Zyklon B' outside a synagogue

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]]> Danish Muhammad cartoonist Kurt Westergaard dies aged 86 https://www.timesofisrael.com/danish-muhammad-cartoonist-kurt-westergaard-dies-aged-86/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 03:39:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2584461 Westergaard's drawings of the Muslim prophet sparked protests and outrage; a 2012 reprint by Charlied Hebdo culminated in a massacre that left 12 people dead in Paris

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]]> By Sea of Galilee, unprecedented excavation of mosque from Islam’s first decades https://www.timesofisrael.com/by-sea-of-galilee-unprecedented-excavation-of-mosque-from-islams-first-decades/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:32:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2478680&preview=true&preview_id=2478680 Tiberias mosque was built in 670 CE, soon after death of Prophet Mohammad; stood near synagogues and Byzantine church in 'Golden Age' of tolerance in newly Muslim-conquered city

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