Beheading of teacher exposes secular divide in French classrooms
History teacher Samuel Paty had shown the images mocking the Prophet in a lesson on freedom of expression, pictures first published by the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that led to a deadly Islamist attack on its offices.
Oct 23, 2020, 01:39 AM IST
French teacher beheading suspect killed by police believed to be 18-year-old of Chechen origin, 9 arrested
Investigators were seeking to establish whether the attacker had acted alone or had accomplices.
Oct 17, 2020, 17:06 PM IST
French Police arrests nine after teacher killed for showing class cartoons of Prophet Mohammad
French police have arrested nine people after a suspected Islamist sympathiser beheaded a school teacher on the street of a Paris suburb on Friday, police sources said.
Oct 17, 2020, 15:22 PM IST
Teacher killed in France for showing class cartoons of Prophet Mohammad, police shoot attacker dead
A middle school history teacher in France was knifed to death near the school where earlier this month he had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Oct 17, 2020, 06:22 AM IST
Kamlesh's controversial statement was the reason behind his murder: DGP
Kamlesh Tiwari had made a controversial remark against Prophet Mohammed in 2015 because of which he was murdered says DGP
Oct 19, 2019, 12:32 PM IST
14 killed as Burqa-clad militants storm Pakistan college
Fourteen persons, mostly students, were killed as burqa-clad militants stormed and opened fire at the hostel of the Peshawar Agricultural Training Institute here in Pakistan on Friday, officials said.
Dec 01, 2017, 18:10 PM IST
Muslims begin annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca
Nearly 2 million worshippers, from nearly every country, arrived in Saudi Arabia this week for the five-day ritual, which is a once-in-a-lifetime religious duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it.
Aug 30, 2017, 18:23 PM IST
BJP leader backs Mohammad Kaif over his tweet on West Bengal violence
Violent clashes erupted in Basirhat area of the district after a Class X student updated a controversial picture on Facebook. The boy was later detained by police, but the violence hasn't abated.
Jul 09, 2017, 19:09 PM IST
Pakistan sentences man to death for blasphemy on Facebook
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive topic in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where insulting the Prophet Mohammad is a capital crime for which dozens are sitting on death row.
Jun 12, 2017, 10:25 AM IST
Suicide bombing kills 27 at Kabul mosque, IS claims responsibility
"This attack targeted innocent civilians - including children - in a holy place. It is a war crime & an act against Islam & humanity," Abdullah tweeted.
Nov 22, 2016, 00:08 AM IST
Turkish scribes get two years jail for publishing Prophet cartoon
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced two prominent Turkish journalists to two years behind bars for illustrating their columns with a controversial cartoon published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, their lawyer said.
Apr 28, 2016, 23:36 PM IST
Triple-talaq against spirit of Quran: Tahir Mahmood
The "so-called" triple-talaq is an absurdity that militates against the words and spirit of the Quran and sayings of the Prophet, noted professor and former member of Law and National Minorities Commission Tahir Mahmood said here today.
Apr 27, 2016, 23:30 PM IST
Malda violence: Bajrang Dal activists stage protest outside Banga Bhawan in Delhi
The Bajrang Dal activists on Friday staged protest outside Banga Bhawan here in view of the recent violence that rocked Malda disrict in West Bengal.
Jan 15, 2016, 13:41 PM IST
Ayodhya was not the birth place of Prophet Mohammad: Swami Ramdev
Voicing his support for the construction of Ram temple, Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev on Saturday said that every Hindu and Muslim knows that Ayodhya was not a birth place of Prophet Mohammad.
Jan 09, 2016, 21:35 PM IST
Pakistan's Shi`ites mark Ashura amid tight security after bombing
Shi`ites in Pakistan on Saturday demanded more protection from the government even as they observed Ashura amid tight security, a day after militant group LeJ carried out a suicide bombing on a Muharram procession in the Sindh province that claimed 24 lives.
Oct 24, 2015, 20:53 PM IST
Muslim clerics ask for ban on ''Muhammad: Messenger of God''
Muslim clerics on Saturday asked for a ban on the film ``Muhammad: Messenger of God`, saying if the movie is released then it would lead to riots.
Sep 12, 2015, 16:44 PM IST
