Copenhagen Shootings Leave 2 Dead, 5 Wounded
A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five…
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Texas ‘Draw the Prophet’ Contest is Shameless Muslim-Baiting
This article originally appeared on artnet News. by Sarah Cascone The poster advertising Draw the Prophet. Photo: American Freedom Defense Initiative – artnet News is the world’s first global, 24-hour…
2015 Paris Terror Attacks Fast Facts
The Charlie in the title references Charlie Brown from the Peanuts cartoon. Hebdo is short for hebdomadaire, meaning weekly, in French. The magazine ceased publication in the 1980s due to…
Fear, hatred, slaughter marks of heresy — not God
Democracy, freedom of religion and speech are gifts that help define what it means to be fully human. But within any democracy there must exist a level of respectful restraint…
Despite condemnations, brisk sales for Charlie Hebdo
Related: Charlie Hebdo sells for hundreds of dollars on eBay The cover of this week’s issue, a depiction of a tearful Prophet Mohammed holding a “Je Suis Charlie” sign, has…
Yaya Toure: Respect needed from media in dealing with religion
Manchester City and Ivory Coast football star Yaya Toure has called on the media to be more respectful in its attitude towards religion after the Charlie Hebdo attack. Twelve people…
Turkey bans Charlie Hebdo cover online
The move came as Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan wrote on Twitter, “Those who are publishing figures referring to our supreme Prophet are those who disregard the sacred.” Such a…
As Charlie Hebdo hits newsstands, French comedian arrested for comments
The grief and cries for free speech reverberated around the world. So did questions about whether the newspaper should provocatively depict the Prophet Mohammed, an act many Muslims deem offensive….
Muslims’ mixed response to new Mohammed cover
It is a message of defiance, but also forgivenessand many Muslims responded with similarly mixed emotions. A magazine cover depicting the Prophet Mohammed with a tear falling from his cheek,…
Does Islam fuel terrorism?
Consider the choice of targets of the terrorists: A magazine that in the terrorists’ minds had insulted the Prophet Mohammed. Before they died on Friday, one of the Kouachi brothers…
Is it OK for comedians to joke about religion?
“Would you tell a joke mocking the Prophet Mohammed?” Being a comedian who is Muslim, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked that question over the years….