Latest in Tag: embassy Highlight
Latest in Tag: embassy
US embassy warns female missionaries of “terrorist interest”
“US citizens should exercise vigilance, taking necessary precautions to maintain their personal security”, said the embassy’s security message
Morsy meets with Clinton
Religious tolerance a theme throughout president’s time in New York
Bible burner Abu Islam set for trial
Abu Youssef denies reports that investigations have begun into Bible burning
Complaint against Khaled Abdallah referred to state security prosecution
Complaint against Islamist TV presenter, believed to have played a role in US Embassy violence, referred to state security prosecution
400 protest near French embassy in Iran
No violence was reported
French Interior Ministry bans anti-Islam film protests
“The only rules we know, the rules of the Republic and secularism,” says the French president
Twenty one killed in two days of anti-US protest in Pakistan
Pakistani protesters clash with police, 21 killed on government-sanctioned “Love for the Prophet Mohamed Day”
Tens of thousands protest anti-Islam film in Nigeria
(AFP) –KANO, Nigeria — Tens of thousands of people on Saturday protested on the streets of Nigeria’s second city of Kano against an anti-Islam film made in the US that has stirred outrage across the Muslim world. An AFP reporter said the crowd of demonstrators stretched several kilometres through the city, the largest in Nigeria’s …
Editor’s Letter: Unavoidable clash of values
If you don’t like it, just don’t watch it!
The volcano erupts
The outpouring of rage in Islamic countries isn’t just about a low-budget film insulting the prophet Muhammad. It is the eruption of a volcano that has been simmering for the past eleven years
Bible burner’s citizenship should be revoked – Coptic Coalition
Founder of Egyptian Coptic Coalition says Ahmed Abdullah should lose his citizenship
Two Saudis arrested in Cairo International Airport
Visitors accused of smuggling drugs
Germany wrestles with ban on anti-Islam film screening
German authorities will make efforts at banning showing the film
France to close embassies on Friday after cartoons published
French Muslim organisations call for calm
A country of extremists
It is safe to say that Egypt is going through its own version of a culture war
Newsweek releases controversial “Muslim rage” cover
Online groups find humour in sensationalist cover title
Bangladesh blocks YouTube over anti-Islam video
Anti-Islam film continues to provoke more reactions from Muslim countries
Review: freedom of expression debated in Egyptian columns
As the reaction to the US movie offensive to prophet Muhammed slows down, columnists across several Egyptian newspapers continue with their analysis of freedom of expression and its relation to the clip. Many writers touch upon the violent reactions towards the movie recalling the indecent words of many Islamic preachers while attacking certain artists. Some …
Libya sacks Benghazi security chiefs
Deputy interior minister for the eastern region and the head of national security for Benghazi sacked, following the attack on the US consulate
Indonesian protesters, police clash near US Embassy
Protesters lob Molotov bombs, security forces respond with water cannons
Hezbollah calls for protests across Lebanon
“This assault is even worse than the 1969 burning of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque”, says Nasrallah
Violent film protests erupt in Kabul and Jakarta
At least 18 people were left dead around the world, reacting to the low-budget film attacking Islam and prophet Muhammad
Protesting Blasphemy or Foreign Policy?
For the most part media has portrayed the protests in front of American embassies as just as a protest over the amateur video insulting Islam and prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. Moreover, it is surprising how some media outlets choose to describe the regions where the outrage occurred as the “Middle East”, …
Review: op-ed pages continue to fill up with commentary on offensive movie
As incidents escalate in reaction to the offensive movie about prophet Muhammed, columnists continue to analyse the mounting anger of Egyptians. Wael Qandil What after invading the US embassy? Al-Shorouk newspaper Recalling the latest chaos that took place within the margins of the US embassy in Cairo in reaction to the US anti-Islam movie, …
Silence outside US embassy drives stock market up by 2.8 percent
Following a wave of selling by Egyptian traders, Egypt’s stock market finished yesterday’s session in the green
Lawsuit filed against Bible burner
Bible burner may have to answer to his actions before a court
Lawsuit against Sheikh Khaled Abdallah and Nader Bakkar
Khaled Abdallah and Nader Bakkar accused of instigating the US embassy protest
Rising speculations about Al-Qaeda’s affiliation to the attack on Benghazi consulate
AQAP suggests in a statement the attack was in revenge for Al-Libi’s death, while the US is allegedly sending surveillance drones over Libya
Plenty of blame to go around
The contagious wrath that has gripped the hearts and minds of Muslims over the despicable depiction of the prophet Muhammad in a widely circulating video is justifiably righteous. Yet, how we chose to channel that rage forces us to call into question the very essence of how we’ve come to interpret the teachings of our …
The logic of “insult” and the roots of protest
The protests that shook several Arab countries in the past week and the ones that continue until today were no surprise. It was very much expected that a wave of anger in the Islamic world would certainly follow any insult to the prophet Muhammad. Past experiences, whether with Salman Rushdie or the Danish cartoon crisis …