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Three cartoonists arrested in Turkey over alleged Prophet Muhammad drawing

LeMan, one of Turkey’s oldest satirical publications, has continued to operate despite a wave of shutdowns targeting media critical of Turkish President Erdogan.

 Placards are burned during a protest against the publications of a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad in France media and President Emmanuel Macron's comments, in Istanbul, Turkey October 30, 2020.
  Yasmine Mohammed, Canadian activist with Gazan roots, combats extremist Islamism and antisemitism

Yasmine Mohammed, Canadian activist with Gazan roots, combats extremist Islamism and antisemitism

 Police officers stand at the entrance of the district Judicial Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan November 28, 2023.

Pakistan sentences student to death for WhatsApp messages with negative Muhammed depiction

Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca on September 21, 2015

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MK Odeh claims 'La Familia' song insults Muhammad, YouTube removes it

The video included a song uploaded by far-right fans of one of Israel's largest Premier League soccer clubs - Beitar Jerusalem.

Jerusalem supporters from the La Familia fan group hold up a match against Charleroi in Belgium

Protests in Jaffa to denounce Macron's comment on Prophet Muhammad

The Islamist movement Hamas, the governing authority of the Gaza Strip, also denounced Macron's words, as did Islamic Jihad.

Muslim demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in Charlie Hebdo in London

Grand Mufti bans Palestinians from supporting peace plan

Anyone who gives their support to Trump's peace plan deserves to be "cursed by Allah, his angels and all people," the Grand Mufti said.

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Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker ends Mohammad cartoon contest within hours

Wilders' anti-Islam Freedom Party is the second largest in Dutch parliament, but is not part of the government.

A woman walks past a national flag, the day before a general election, in Delft, Netherlands, March 14, 2017.

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker revives plan for Mohammad cartoon contest

Original plans for the contest were shelved over a year ago for fear of violent retribution.

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Danish minister republishes controversial Prophet cartoon on Facebook

The picture reminds the minister that Denmark is a country with freedom of speech, which includes the right to criticize religions.

Denmark's immigration minister Inger Stojberg.

Teenagers discover 1,200-year-old coin in the Galilee

The coin from the 8th century AD, is inscribed with Arabic and mentions the name of the Prophet Muhammad and speaks of monotheism.

Dor Yogev and Ella Dicks hold coins discovered in the town of Kama

Mohammed most popular baby name in Israel

Noam and Noa most popular Jewish names.

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US man indicted in 'Draw Mohammed' shooting hit with charges linked to Super Bowl bomb plot

New charges accuse Arizona man of supporting ISIS, researching travel to the Mideast to train with terrorists and seeking to make explosives that could be used during the 2015 Super Bowl.

A general view of Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, February 1, 2015

Portrait of a king

Geraldine Brooks’s latest novel chronicles the life of King David from the viewpoint of Natan the prophet

Geraldine Brooks says she wanted to give readers a ‘sense of a distant time’ in her latest book on King David