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Islamist protesters clash with Turkish anti riot police officers as they gather to protest a cartoon supposedly depicting Islam's prophet Muhammad near LeMan Magazine in Istanbul on June 30, 2025. (Ozan KOSE / AFP)
July 1, 2025, 12:44 pm
Artist arrested, hundreds riot in Turkey over cartoon said to show Prophet Muhammad
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
By AFP and ToI Staff
Swedish artist Lars Vilks speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Malmo, Sweden, Wednesday March 4, 2015. Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 Swedish news media reported. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
October 4, 2021, 6:25 am
Swedish Muhammad cartoon artist and his 2 police bodyguards killed in car crash
Lars Vilks, 75, who received death threats for drawing the Prophet with a dog’s body, dies as truck hits his car; police bodyguard was driving; truck driver hospitalized
By AP
Kurt Westergaard receiving the M100 Sanssouci Media Award in Potsdam in 2010. (Courtesy M100)
July 19, 2021, 6:39 am
Danish Muhammad cartoonist Kurt Westergaard dies aged 86
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
By AFP
Protesters decry the use of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in the British town of Batley, March 2021. (Twitter screenshot)
March 27, 2021, 6:42 pm
Outcry in UK over teacher’s use of Prophet Muhammad cartoon
Instructor in town of Batley suspended, school apologizes, while protesters demand he be fired; student-led petition defending teacher garners thousands of signatures
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Shiite Muslim women march toward the French Consulate during a rally against French President Emmanuel Macron and the republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
November 23, 2020, 10:25 am
Pakistani minister says France treating Muslims like Nazis treated Jews
Shireen Mazari later deletes tweet, says she was misled by article that said only Muslim children in France would receive ID numbers
By ToI Staff and Agencies
People gather with portraits of slain teacher Samuel Paty during a demonstration, on October 18, 2020, in Paris. (AP Photo/ Michel Euler)
November 7, 2020, 3:47 pm
3 teens charged in connection with French teacher’s beheading
Two 18-year-old men, 17-year-old girl indicted for criminal terrorist conspiracy after last month’s murder of Samuel Paty; 3 other teenagers charged for showing support for killing
By AFP
A speech by the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah terror group's leader Hassan Nasrallah is transmitted on a large screen in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on September 2, 2019. (AFP)
October 31, 2020, 3:53 am
Hezbollah terror chief tells France to back down over Muhammad cartoons
After Macron defends right to caricature the Muslim prophet, Nasrallah issues warning: ‘You need to think about correcting this mistake’
By AFP
Supporters of religious groups burn a representation of a French flag during a rally against French President Emmanuel Macron and the republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
October 30, 2020, 9:52 pm
‘Death to France’: Tens of thousands of Muslims protest against Macron
Demonstrators in dozens of countries rage at French president, who is standing by right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad in wake of Islamist terror attacks
By Agencies
This image grab from AFP TV shows a picture of Nice assailant Brahim Issaoui, who a day earlier killed three people and wounded several others in the southern French city of Nice, held by his mother at the family home in the Tunisian city of Sfax, on October 30, 2020. (AFPTV teams / AFP)
October 30, 2020, 7:18 pm
Tunisian in deadly Nice terror attack turned to religion after teen troubles
‘It’s not normal’: Family of Brahim Issaoui, suspected of killing three in French church, express dismay; officials say he was arrested for knife crime in 2016
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinians gesture during a protest against comments by French President Emmanuel Macron defending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on October 30, 2020. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
October 30, 2020, 2:53 pm
Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Macron, Muhammad cartoons; 3 arrested
Police say suspects held for disorderly conduct; French president’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world
By ToI Staff and Agencies
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks to the press as Nice's mayor Christian Estrosi (R) listens outside the the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 29, 2020 after a jihadist attack in the city. (Eric Gaillard/POOL/AFP)
October 29, 2020, 6:58 pm
After 3 killed in Nice church, Macron says France under Islamist terror assault
Killer beheaded one victim, kept shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’; security to be upped for schools, religious sites nationwide; Nice chief rabbi says synagogues, schools closed on Friday
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Police arrest La Familia soccer hooligans at the First Station in Jerusalem on July 30, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 6:14 am
YouTube removes soccer song by Israeli far-right fans insulting Prophet Muhammad
Clip taken down after Israeli Arab MK Ayman Odeh complains about song posted by hardline La Familia fans of Beitar Jerusalem club, which has a history of racism
By AFP
Arab Israeli Muslim demonstrators, mask-clad due to the coronavirus pandemic, hold up signs depicting French President Emmanuel Macron as a medieval crusading knight, during a protest against comments by Macron defending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, near the French embassy in Tel Aviv, on October 27, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
October 27, 2020, 10:54 pm
Arab Israelis, Palestinians protest Macron’s defense of Muhammad cartoons
Scattered demonstrations on Monday night followed by protest in front of the French Embassy in Tel Aviv organized by Islamic Movement; protests also held in Ramallah
By Aaron Boxerman
Members of the French National police, patrol on the place du Capitole, in Toulouse southwestern France, on October 24, 2020. (Fred SCHEIBER / AFP)
October 27, 2020, 8:06 pm
France ups security amid rising Muslim anger over Muhammad cartoons
Police presence boosted at religious sites as interior minister says country faces a ‘very high’ risk of terrorist threats
By Angela Charlton
A man holds a photograph of France's President Emmanuel Macron, stamped with a shoe mark, during a protest against France in Istanbul, October 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 26, 2020, 8:06 pm
Mideast Muslims call for French goods boycott to protest caricatures
Demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron held across region from Israeli Arab town of Hura and the Gaza Strip to Pakistan and war-town Yemen
By Aya Batrawy
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