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Topic: Quran

May 15, 2013
5:48 pm

Eric Kitson in an interview with the BBC. (photo credit: YouTube)

Local British politician who called Islam a cancer resigns

Eric Kitson of the rightist UKIP party, who also linked Hitler to the Rothschilds, says he’s ‘stupid, not a racist’

By Yifa Yaakov

April 23, 2013
12:35 am

This Monday, April 15, 2013 photo shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in blue baseball cap, and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in white baseball cap. This image was taken approximately 10-20 minutes before the Boston Marathon blast. (Photo credit: AP/Bob Leonard)

Aunt: Boston bombing suspect struggled with Islam

Tamerlan Tsarnaev regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran

March 5, 2013
4:09 am

A guard stands duty in a tower over Guantanamo Bay's Detention Camp Delta, in 2007 (photo credit: Army Sgt. Joseph Scozzar/Public Domain)

US denies report of mass Guantanamo hunger strike

Prisoners’ lawyers say three-week protest prompted by desecration of Qorans during a series of searches

January 7, 2013
11:29 pm

UK jails mom who beat son to death for not memorizing Quran

Sara Ege sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for murdering her child, burning the body to hide the evidence

December 22, 2012
9:12 am

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

Pakistan mob burns alive man accused of desecrating Quran

From the web Hundreds storm police station, set victim on fire for allegedly torching Muslim holy book, Reuters reports

December 15, 2012
7:26 pm

Hebron Palestinian group declares third intifada

Video shows eight men announcing creation of united Palestinian front against Israel, set to include Fatah, Hamas, and other political and militant outfits

November 20, 2012
8:44 pm

As a Muslim I say Hamas is harming Palestine

The Jews are our brothers in the oneness of God

By Ceylan Ozbudak

November 8, 2012
2:55 pm

Fanaticism, not Islam, is the real threat

A plea for understanding from a member of the less visible Moslem majority

By Ece Koc

October 1, 2012
9:59 am

A Buddha statue stands amidst the ruins of a Buddhist temple that was torched Sunday by Muslims over a derogatory photo of the Quran on Facebook. The temple is located in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (photo credit: AP Photo)

Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims torch 10 Buddhist temples, 40 homes

Rioters infuriated by Buddhist boy’s Facebook photo of a burned Quran

September 30, 2012
12:06 am

Basel Baradan, an 18-year-old farmer who fled his southern restive border town of Daraa, Syria with his family in July, wipes his eyes as he speaks during an interview at the Zaatari Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. (photo credit: AP)

Syrian refugees in 4 countries share the same pain and fear

As war rages at home, the stream of refugees into other countries shows no sign of stopping, with over 100,000 fleeing in August alone

By Bassem Mroue and Jamal Halaby

September 23, 2012
9:55 pm

As Muslims, we must oppose the Islamists ourselves

Protesting or criminalizing blasphemy is a grand hoax, irrespective of how deeply wounded our feelings as Muslims may be

By Qanta Ahmed

September 15, 2012
6:59 am

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

February 23, 2012
3:41 pm

The Quran (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Obama apologizes for burning of Qurans

Expresses regret over incident in which US marines desecrated the holy Muslim book

February 22, 2012
2:16 pm

Smoke rises into the sky from tires burnt by protesters during an anti-US demonstration in Kabul on Wednesday (photo: AP/Musadeq Sadeq)

Seven die in Afghan Quran riots

Anti-foreigner protests held across the country after US soldiers accidentally burn holy books

February 22, 2012
8:11 am

More than 2,000 angry Afghans protested on Tuesday against the improper disposal and burning of Qurans at an American air base in Bagram north of Kabul (photo credit: AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

US apologizes for Quran burning