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Topic: Prophet Muhammad

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September 28, 2012
7:00 pm

An actor playing Muhammad in "Innocence of Muslims" (Screenshot via YouTube)

Russian court outlaws controversial anti-Islam film

A Chechen court in Grozny rules ‘Innocence of Muslims’ should be banned

September 27, 2012
12:24 pm

Muhammad and Talmud: A dangerous double standard

Both irrational Iranian political leaders and foolish American filmmakers have the right to their opinions, as flawed as they may be

By Darren Cohen

September 23, 2012
7:08 pm

IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz visiting a combat brigade, August 2012 (photo credit: DOTZ/Flash90)

IDF chief says threats at border with Egypt will continue even after fence is finished

Benny Gantz tours site of Friday’s attack in which Netanal Yahalomi was killed, meets soldiers who fired back and killed three terrorists

September 21, 2012
9:56 pm

Sunni hardline preacher Sheikh Ahmad Assir speaks during a protest against an anti-Islam movie, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar) Sunni hardline preacher Sheikh Ahmad Assir speaks during a protest against an anti-Islam movie, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

In Lebanon, anti-film protests underscore divide

The urge to defend Islam’s most unifying figure, the Prophet Muhammad, is not enough to bring together divided Sunnis and Shiites

By Zeina Karam

September 21, 2012
6:06 am

A Libyan man holds a placard in English during a demonstration on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, against the attack on the US Consulate that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, in Benghazi, Libya. (photo credit: Ibrahim Alaguri/AP)

In reaction to film, Muslims are torn between blasphemy and barbarism

A debate on free speech is underway in the new Muslim world

By Hamza Hendawi and Lara Jakes

September 19, 2012
10:18 pm

A Benghazi preacher calling for a violent boycott of the West because of its irreverence towards the Prophet Mohammed. (photo credit: Image capture from MEMRITV video)

Libyan preacher urges followers to ‘detonate wrath’ against West for anti-Islam film

Call in Benghazi mosque for economic boycott of West, and for ‘Allah to destroy’ Christians and Jews, comes days after mob kills US ambassador, torches consulate in city

By Ilan Ben Zion

September 19, 2012
2:14 pm

A French policeman stands guard outside the headquarters of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, Wednesday, September 19, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Fearing violent backlash to Mohammad cartoons, France to close 20 embassies Friday

Officials defend satirical magazine’s right to publish caricatures mocking response to controversial anti-Islam film

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 19, 2012
2:06 pm

Police officers watch as Muslim protesters hang banners and a US flag on the razor wire surrounding the US Embassy compound in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 19, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Tatan Syuflana)

Lawyers in Pakistan rally against anti-Islam film

Peaceful protesters in the Indonesian city of Medan call on the US to punish creators of ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ a day after riots outside US Embassy in Jakarta

September 18, 2012
8:16 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi shakes hands with a representative from the Coptic community, in Cairo, June 2012 (photo credit: Middle East News Agency/AP)

Egypt jails Copt for 6 years over Facebook post insulting Muhammad

Islamist protesters denounce sentence as too lenient

September 15, 2012
6:59 am

A Palestinian Muslim reads the Holy Quran at the Al-Omari mosque in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Key questions, answers about the Prophet Muhammad

Why is there such an outcry over the portrayal of the key figure of Islamic history in the controversial film entitled ‘Innocence of Muslims’?

By Aya Batrawy

September 15, 2012
3:21 am

In this April 2006 file photo, Egyptian Copts cross their wrists in defiance outside the Saints Church in the Sidi Bishr district of Alexandria in Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)

Egypt’s Christians anxious, anticipate strife

Eight million Coptic Christians already feeling increasingly cornered amid the rise to power of hard-line Islamists; Copts attacked, threatened in response to anti-Muslim film

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

September 15, 2012
1:31 am

Steve Klein, an insurance agent and Christian activist involved in "Innocence of Muslims," a film denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Middle East, speaks during an interview at his office in Hemet, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (photo credit: Gillian Flaccus/AP)

Anger for Islam ties the players behind anti-Mohammad film

Shared belief that radical Islam threatens the world brings together an ex-convict, an insurance salesman and a Christian charity

By Michael R. Blood

September 14, 2012
9:43 pm

A scene out of the controversial film 'Innocence of Muslims' (photo credit: screenshot, YouTube)

Probation officers looking into anti-Islam film producer’s activities

Use of a false identity and access to the Internet may constitute parole violations and land Nakoula Basseley Nakoula back in prison

September 13, 2012
11:57 pm

Egyptians protest outside the American embassy in Cairo, September 12 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Arab governments try to co-opt public anger at offensive film

While spearheading criticism of ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ politicians try to prevent violence from getting out of hand

By Elhanan Miller

September 13, 2012
1:12 am

Cindy Garcia, in a scene from the movie she was told was called 'Desert Warriors' (photo credit: Channel 10 screenshot)

Actress in riot-sparking movie says cast didn’t know film was about Muhammad

‘We were manipulated,’ says woman who played the character who calls the prophet a child molester; Israel says filmmaker not its citizen

By AP and Times of Israel staff and Ron Friedman

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