April 25, 2010Islamic Scholar: ‘There Is No Jihad Against Noncombatants’Ever since the influential Muslim scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri last month issued a 600-page fatwa, or religious ruling, condemning […]
April 24, 2010Dutch Cabinet Finds No Sharia Courts in NetherlandsA report prepared for Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin finds there are no sharia courts strictly speaking, […]
April 23, 2010‘South Park’ producers say network cut fear speechProducers of “South Park” said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their […]
April 23, 2010Belgium in chaos as PM quits over burqaThe collapse of the Belgian coalition government has prevented the country’s parliament from voting in Europe’s first ban […]
April 23, 2010Road to Radicalism: The Man Behind the ‘South Park’ ThreatsJoshua Rhett Miller investigates Zachary Adam Chesser, the man behind the South Park threats through the US-based group […]
April 23, 2010Most French want burqa law, but not total banTwo-thirds of French people want a law limiting the use of face-covering Islamic veils such as the niqab […]
April 23, 2010Seattle cartoonist launches “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”After Comedy Central cut a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical […]
April 23, 2010Matt Stone and Trey Parker comment on the controversySouth Park’s creators Trey Parket and Matt Stone address the controversy surrounding the Prophet Mohammed in an interview […]
April 22, 2010Muslim woman in Canada fears reprisalA Muslim woman fighting to stay in Canada fears being disfigured with acid for allegedly “bringing shame” to […]
April 22, 2010“South Park” Episode Is Altered After Muslim Group’s WarningAn episode of “South Park” that continued a story line involving the Prophet Muhammad was shown Wednesday night […]
April 22, 2010Saudi Arabia to introduce minimum marriage age after 11-year-old wins divorceSaudi Arabia could introduce a minimum age of marriage for the first time after a girl who married […]
April 22, 2010Danish cartoonist at centre of Muhammad controversy on leave ‘for security reasons’Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who has been attacked and repeatedly threatened over a drawing of Prophet Muhammad, has […]
April 21, 2010Court awards damages after genital mutilation testUppsala Municipality has been ordered to pay 60,000 kronor ($8,400) to the family of a girl of Somali […]
April 21, 2010Outspoken German professor of Islam is no longer a MuslimMuhammad Kalish, an outspoken German professor of Islam, whose initial appointment angered Muslim groups, has renounced Islam, the […]
April 20, 2010Protection orders for girls held to be at risk of forced marriageA High Court judge in Belfast has imposed protection orders regarding two girls he held to be at […]
April 19, 2010Stoning story draws attention of Turkish women’s federationFollowing media reports about a powerful film depicting an Iranian woman’s stoning coming to Turkey, a leading women’s […]
April 19, 2010Iranian Cleric Says Promiscuous Women Are to Blame for EarthquakesA senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes: […]
April 16, 2010Australian Judge warns of honour killing difficultiesAustralian courts face difficulties in dealing with honor killing crimes and forced marriage cases, Chief Justice of the […]
April 14, 2010Suspect held in slayings of wife, baby son, two young niecesA Chicago man has killed his wife, his son and two nieces: the wife’s sister and a neighbor […]
April 12, 2010Police: AZ ‘Honor Killing’ Suspect May have Been Aided by FamilyPolice documents in the case of a Glendale father accused of slaying his daughter in an “honor killing” […]