Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 31, 2018 Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders has cancelled a planned contest calling for cartoon caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad amid mass protests against the event in Pakistan. Wilders, who had received death threats over his plans, said late on August 30 that he decided to cancel the event
1TV: Geert Wilders, the anti-Islam MP who leads the Netherlands’ second largest party, announced the November contest earlier this year. “Holding of the contest for creating, publishing and disseminating disrespectful cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him), the beloved Prophet of Muslims around the world is not only a source of deep offence for the
Press TV July 21, 2018 A Muslim man has been beaten to death by mobs in western India over allegations of smuggling cows, the latest in a series of similar attacks blamed on hard-line Hindus who consider the animal sacred. The incident took place in Alwar district, Rajasthan state, midnight Friday, when a group of
Press TV June 26, 2018 The US Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, handing one of the biggest victories of his presidency. The 5-4 ruling, with the court’s five conservatives in the majority, was penned by Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday. The top court rejected claims
Rikar Hussein VOA News June 2, 2018 The government in China is further tightening its grip on minority groups in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as it continues to use its deradicalization campaign to suppress local residents, Uighur leaders and human rights activists warn. China started a
Press TV May 23, 2018 Muslim inmates at a jail in the US state of Alaska are being “starved” and given pork products during Ramadan, a new lawsuit claims. For one thing, Muslim prisoners are given food with substantially lower calories compared to other inmates, said the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the federal
Press TV April 24, 2018 Zionists are behind the notorious multi-billion-dollar Islamophobia industry, according to Dr. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance. Dr. Barrett made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday while commenting on a report which has revealed that US President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, John
The Huffington Post: Patrick Stein, 49, Curtis Allen, 50, and Gavin Wright, 52, are accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex that housed many Somalis and its on-site mosque. The three are believed to have gathered fertilizer to make a bomb while they added to their arsenal of weapons and ammunition. Click here to
HuffPost: Jurors in a federal courthouse Thursday were played recording after recording of three militia members spewing genocidal hatred of Muslims. The three men — Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen — are accused of being involved in a 2016 terrorism plot to bomb an apartment complex that housed Somali Muslim refugees and a mosque
Press TV March 17, 2018 The rhetoric adopted by US President Donald Trump against minorities, especially Muslims, has encouraged violence against followers of that religion, says a human rights activist and researcher in Washington. “Speaking with violence, acting with violence against minorities is okay” in America, because Trump has made it acceptable,” said Ilhan Cagri,