AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi condemns Telangana MLA Raja Singh's Prophet comments Owaisi said, "I condemn the comments made by BJP MLA. BJP does not want to see peace in Hyderabad. They hate Prophet Muhammad and Muslims. They want to destroy the social fabric of India. Read more on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Aug 23, 2022
Editorial: An attack on Rushdie — and free society In 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then the supreme leader of Iran, issued a fatwa that called for the killing of author Salman Rushdie for his portrayal of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses." Tribune News Service · Aug 19, 2022
What is a fatwa? A religious studies professor explains When news broke on August 12, 2022, that the writer Salman Rushdie had been attacked, many people immediately recalled the fatwa, or edict, calling on all Muslims to take his life, issued in 1989 by the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s Supreme Leader at the time. Khomeini accused Rushdie’s 1988… The Conversation · Aug 17, 2022
Salman Rushdie’s attack was an assault on free speech – but not a clash of civilisations On August 12, the author Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on stage at a literary festival in New York state. Thankfully, he has survived, albeit sustaining what appear to be life-changing injuries. The Conversation · Aug 15, 2022
Salman Rushdie attacked: Here's all you need to know about the fatwa against him and the controversy In a shocking turn of events, former Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on August 12, 2022. The author was at the venue to give a lecture. The Times of India · Aug 12, 2022
NIA arrests two more in murder of pharmacist Umesh Kolhe Abdul Arbaz and Maulavi Mushfique Ahmed were arrested on August 2 The Hindu · Aug 4, 2022
Mumbai: Western suburbs get biggest Shia mosque that will coach poor kids MUMBAI: On a recent rain-washed evening, preacher Maulana Zaki Hasan Noori sat on a delightfully decorated mimber (pulpit) while a group of faithful occupied the carpeted floor in the spacious hall. Speaking fluently in Urdu, Noori took the audience down history. When Ummaiyed king Yazid's army martyred Imam Hussain, Prophet… The Times of India · Jul 17, 2022
Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen — were celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the biggest holidays of the Islamic calendar The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2022
Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday. WEKU · Jul 8, 2022
Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world were raising their hands to heaven and offering prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022
Uttar Pradesh: Kamlesh Tiwari’s wife gets threat, security stepped up LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Police has stepped up the security of Kiran Tiwari – the wife of Hindu Samaj Party chief Kamlesh Tiwari, who was murdered in 2019 allegedly for his comments against Prophet Muhammad – after the family received a fresh threat letter on June 22. The Times of India · Jul 4, 2022
Why Supreme Court’s Nupur Sharma remarks are dangerous A warped sense of causality often derails public reasoning. The spillover of a deeply flawed cause-and-effect dyad distorts what to assume and where to conclude in other realms too. That’s the key to a number of problems with the observations made by the Supreme Court while dismissing the petition of… Newslaundry · Jul 2, 2022
Nupur Sharma issue | Supreme Court held a mirror to Narendra Modi government: Rahul Gandhi Congress says BJP should hang its head in shame after Supreme Court’s observations on Nupur Sharma. The Hindu · Jul 1, 2022
Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2022 Supreme Court slams Times Now, Nupur Sharma over Prophet remarks The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on Times Now and asked why the TV news channel held a debate on a matter that was subjudice, Live Law reported. The court was referring to the infamous May 26 debate where now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma made derogatory comments against…
Newslaundry · Jun 29, 2022 News channels lament India’s ‘Talibanisation’ after Udaipur killing, some blame Zubair Rahul Shivshankar would like you to believe that Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair “enabled” the gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur.
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022 Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India Tensions are high in India’s western Udaipur city
Al Jazeera · Jun 29, 2022 Hindu tailor murdered in India’s Udaipur over prophet remarks row Mobile internet services and large gatherings restricted in Udaipur after two Muslim men allegedly behead Hindu tailor.
The Conversation · Jun 21, 2022 Why the Lady of Heaven film is dividing Muslim opinion Following picketing by Muslim groups, leading UK cinema chain Cineworld cancelled all screenings of blockbuster film, The Lady of Heaven. Produced in Britain, this historical epic tells the story of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammed.
The Hindu · Jun 19, 2022 BJP supporting Nupur, says Owaisi Says it is possible she will resurface as Delhi’s CM candidate
Radio France Internationale · Jun 19, 2022 India calms diplomatic storm in wake of street protests over anti-Islamic remarks More than 300 Indians were arrested in northern Uttar Pradesh and hundreds more in West Bengal, and Jharkhand and Assam after unrest spread across several towns following controversial remarks made by senior members of Narendra Modi’s ruling party about the Prophet Mohammad.
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022 Muslims are finding their place in America’s abortion debate As the United States Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Muslim Americans are gearing up for what the landmark reversal could mean for their communities
Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2022 US slams ‘offensive comments’ on Prophet by BJP members in India State Department spokesman says the US ‘encourages India to promote respect for human rights’.
The Hindu · Jun 16, 2022 Prophet Muhammad remark | Calcutta High Court asks West Bengal government to call in Central forces if stir gets out of control The Order was passed after petitioners in several PILs sought deployment of Army or Central forces, expressing apprehension that incidents of violent protests may occur again.
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022 Sweden: Cartoonist Vilks' fatal car crash was an accident Swedish authorities say an exploding tire led the driver of the unmarked police car carrying Swedish artist Lars Vilks to lose control last year and crash head-on with a truck