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CAIRO, Egypt Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, has condemned the display of cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad in Britain.In a statement, the Cairo-based institution’s Observatory for Combating Extremism described the caricatures as a “disgraceful act” which amounts to “hate speech”.“This is an unjustified provocation ...

level 2Same reason Trump would rather deflect his failures on to others rather than be the main story himself. Source link

An Islamist party in Pakistan has called off its violent protests against Emmanuel Macron claiming that the government has pledged to boycott French goods.Weeks of furious demonstrations have followed the French president's staunch defence of freedom of expression since a schoolteacher was beheaded by a jihadist for showing his ...

A hardline Sunni Islamist party said Friday it was ending its anti-France protests after reaching an agreement with the government. It claimed the authorities agreed to releases protesters and cut diplomatic ties with France. The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party had launched protest rallies in Rawalpindi city in an attempt ...

A hardline Sunni Islamist party said Friday it was ending its anti-France protests after reaching an agreement with the government. It claimed the authorities agreed to releases protesters and cut diplomatic ties with France. The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party had launched protest rallies in Rawalpindi city in an attempt ...

Islamist protesters claim the government has endorsed a boycott of French products. Source link

BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Tuesday that the military organization could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, after a US official said President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw a significant number of American troops from the conflict-ravaged country in coming weeks.NATO has fewer than ...

Protesters rallied in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Saturday against France's position on publishing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.  Activists from the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party and Karachi residents took to the streets, calling for the Pakistani government to cut diplomatic and trade ties with France. Previously, the ...

PARISInsulting cartoons published by the Charlie Hebdo magazine about Prophet Muhammad and Islam are similar to those drawn about Jews in the 1930s in far-right or German Nazi magazines, said a French sociologist. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Raphael Liogier, professor at the Institut d'etudes politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, said cartoons published ...

KARACHI, PakistanHundreds of women marched in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s anti-Islam remarks, and publication of cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad.The protesters, carrying banners, and placards plastered with word “Muhammad” in Arabic marched on the city’s main Mohammad Ali Jinnah road.The ...