Al-Sisi calls for tolerance, respect of othersâ beliefs after Charlie Hebdo incident
Egyptian President also discusses renewal of religious discourse during celebration of Prophet Mohammadâs birth anniversary
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Muslim Council of Elders considers lawsuit against Charlie Hebdo over caricature
Al Azharâs Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb chairs virtual meeting of council on issue
‘Charlie Hebdo’ to release special issue on anniversary of attack
One million copies of the special issue will be released, the magazine said. The issue will include select drawings from the cartoonists killed in the January attack.
A terrible case of deja-vu in Paris
After the January attacks on “Charlie Hebdo,” Paris has become the target of terrorist attacks for the second time this year. The cold-bloodedness of the assailants has shocked the French. Barbara Wesel reports. Standing at the corner of Rue Oberkampf and Boulevard Richard Lenoir in Paris on Saturday is like having a deja-vu experience. Barriers, …
Trial banning Charlie Hebdo in Egypt postponed to 15 March
Lawsuit argues publication insults Islamâs prophet
Satire and bullets
By Odysseus Tsagarakis The recent massacre at Charlie Hebdo demonstrates, I think, that unrestrained freedom of expression can have disastrous consequences. Its cartoonists, as is well known, published offensive drawings of the Prophet Mohammad. In western societies, we cherish freedom of speech. The problem is that all too often we exceed the golden rule, the âpan …
Al-Azhar blasts West for âdouble standardsâ on freedom of speech
Western leaders alleged to welcome âterroristsâ in march against terrorist attacks, and to decry anti-Semitism while allowing Islamophobia
A Muslim perspective on Charlie Hebdo – a side war
By Karim al-Andalusi Prophet Muhammad has been one of the top defenders of the freedom of speech, and from there we go. Is it worth it to take to the streets to fight a deep European behaviour, or to dig deeply in the European values and try to perceive and influence it? I argue that …
Notes from America: Arab Americans, the new blacks
By Ahmed Tharwat The Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris and the overhyped anti terror rally that followed exposed the hypocrisy of the Westâs secular free speech. It also started a debate about the future of Muslims in Europe and the US. There are about 7 to 8 million Muslims in France, the largest Muslim population in …
Egyptian judiciary violates human rights: German official
Christoph StrÀsser discusses the Protest Law, freedom of speech and the NGOs law as part of fighting terrorism, says Germany is accused of targeting Egypt
Egypt continues to link extremism with Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it bids for UNSC seat
Recent statements by officials suggest that Egyptâs hopes for security role is based on linking international extremism with neighbouring conflict
Charlie’s Hebdo issue following attack ‘unjustifiably provocative’: Dar Al-Ifta
Dar Al-Ifta condemn mosque attacks in France following the attack on Charlie Hebdo
Deaths in Paris: Refining the post-9/11 model
By James M. Dorsey Just like Al-Qaedaâs audacious attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington on 11 September 2001, the raid by suspected jihadist militants in Paris on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will have far-reaching repercussions on multiculturalism. The pursuit of multiculturalism was an attempt by …
Paris operation: Questioning the future of security
By Khaled Okasha Was the attack on Charlie Hebdo in the French capital just a coincidence? Or was it a plan to threaten anyone who mocks Islam? According to eyewitnesses of the attack, while firing their guns, the attackers were shouting that they had avenged the prophet. There is no doubt, however, that this attack …
Cairo journalists rally for Charlie Hebdo, struggle to divorce criticism from attacks on Egypt press
Different countries have different circumstances, say Press Syndicate officials; fiancĂ©e of imprisoned Al Jazeera journalist says âour struggle is the sameâ
Stuck between Audacity and Hypocrisy
By Nesreen Salem From a Western perspective, one can see why it is convenient to propagate the Charlie Hebdo massacre as a direct attack on their way of life, on the values they perceive their societies to have been built on, and how global jihadism is a real â nay – the only threat the …
In Pictures: Journalists demonstrate in objection to Charlie Hebdo attack
A group of Egyptian journalists protested in front of the Press Syndicate in Downtown Cairo, along with Syndicate Director Diaa Rashwan on Sunday, in objection to the attack on French satire newspaper Charlie Hebdo.  The journalists held peaceful signs that expressed their sympathy with the killed journalists, and their support for free speech. The attack left nine …
Shoukry to participate in France mass rally in support of Charlie Hebdo
Foreign ministry says Egypt will support international efforts to fight terrorism
Post-Paris shootings: Al-Sisi calls Hollande, US issues global warning to its citizens
Egyptian president told French counterpart that Islam condemns such brutal killings
Hebdo and Islam: Extreme dichotomies
While most onlookers, in the international scene, stand horrfied by the appearance of a jihadist fog bank in a European capital, Paris, the reality is more complex; indeed, potentially, more sinister
Egypt condemns killings in France
An attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine left a dozen people dead
Condemnations pour in after deadly France attack
Amnesty International describes the attack as a âchilling assault on freedom of expressionâ
Lawsuit targets French paper over naked Mohammed cartoons
Suit targets the publication, its director and two cartoonists
French publication denies allegations of bankruptcy
Charlie Hebdo claims it is selling more copies in wake of prophet cartoons
French Interior Ministry bans anti-Islam film protests
“The only rules we know, the rules of the Republic and secularism,â says the French president
France to close embassies on Friday after cartoons published
French Muslim organisations call for calm