Prophet Muhammad

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Alexander Aan waits in the jail holding area at the Muaro Sijunjung district court
Dhaka police has confirmed the arrest warrant for author Salam Azad
The Twitter homepage appears on a screen
The Jyllands-Posten newspaper first published the controversial cartoons in 2005
The Jyllands-Posten newspaper first published the controversial cartoons in 2005
Pakistan on Sunday restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts
A Pakistani resident uses a computer to try to enter social networking website Twitter
A Pakistani resident uses a computer to try to enter social networking website Twitter
Twitters was briefly "banned" by Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
Twitters was briefly "banned" by Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
Twitters has been "banned" by Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
Twitters has been "banned" by Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
Twitters has been "banned" by Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
Twitters has been "banned" by Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
The terror suspects arrive in a police car at the Glostrup courthouse in Copenhagen on Friday
The terror suspects arrive in a police car at the Glostrup courthouse in Copenhagen on Friday
More votes are to come on the call for the death penalty for blasphemers
Sectarian tensions flare in Kuwait between the Sunni majority and Shiites

Muslim world hopes for better ties with new pope

The Muslim world on Thursday expressed hopes for better ties with the Vatican under new Pope Francis, after years of strained relations with Benedict XVI who was seen as hostile to Islam.
 

World hails Pope Francis as non-Catholics seek better ties

Pope Francis received a flood of goodwill messages from around the world Thursday with non-Catholics hoping his papacy will usher in better ties with the Vatican.
 

Sunni Islam's Al-Azhar eyes 'better relations' with pope

Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning, Al-Azhar, said on Thursday that it wants "better relations" with the Vatican under Pope Francis.
 

Bangladesh to snoop online in 'blasphemy' crackdown

Bangladesh announced plans Thursday to monitor social media networks such as Facebook in a bid to identify bloggers who have been accused of insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.
 

Pakistan court demands answers on anti-Christian riot

Pakistan's top court Wednesday ordered police and provincial officials to explain why they failed to prevent a riot in a Christian area of Lahore in which more than 100 homes were torched.
 

Pakistan Christians close schools to protest over riot

Pakistani Christians closed missionary schools on Monday in protest after a Muslim mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of blasphemy.
 

Pakistan Christians close schools to protest attack

Pakistani Christians closed missionary schools on Monday in protest after a Muslim mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of blasphemy.
 

Protests over Pakistan anti-Christian riot

Christians demonstrated in cities around Pakistan on Sunday to protest after a Muslim mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of blasphemy.
 

'Drunken row' sparked Pakistan anti-Christian riot

A drunken row between two friends was the trigger for blasphemy allegations that prompted a mob of angry Pakistani Muslim protesters to burn more than 100 Christian homes, police and witnesses said.
 

Protesters burn Christian homes in Pakistan

Thousands of angry protesters on Saturday set ablaze more than 100 houses of Pakistani Christians over a blasphemy row in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said.
 

Suicide bomber hits Iraq Shiite shrine city of Karbala

A suicide bomber struck in an area between major shrines in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Karbala on Sunday, wounding 10 people, while other attacks left five dead, officials said.
 

Bangladesh students held for murder of blogger

Police arrested five students Saturday on charges of murdering an anti-Islamist blogger, as four people were killed in fresh protests over the sentencing to death of an Islamic party leader for war crimes.
 

Egypt Islamist held for insulting Christianity freed on bail

A controversial Egyptian Islamist was freed on bail on Monday after he was held in custody for four days on charges of insulting Christianity, a judicial official said.
 

Four shot dead in Bangladesh bloggers protest

Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy clashed with police in Bangladesh for a third straight day Sunday, and at least four protesters were killed when police opened fire.
 

Three shot dead in Bangladesh protest over bloggers

Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday in clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least three protesters and injuring dozens.
 

Four dead in Bangladesh clashes over 'atheist bloggers'

Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Friday in fierce clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least four people and injuring about 200.
 

Deadly Bangladesh clashes over 'atheist bloggers'

Bangladesh police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Friday in fierce clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accused of blasphemy, killing one person and injuring around 100.
 

Bangladesh cracks down on anti-Islam blogs

Bangladesh has launched a crackdown on Internet sites for "hurting religious feelings" in the majority Muslim nation amid protests by Islamic groups against bloggers seen as anti-Islamic, officials said Thursday.
 

Pakistan ambassador to US faces blasphemy probe

Pakistan police are investigating the country's ambassador to the United States for allegedly committing blasphemy in a television show three years ago, officers said Thursday.
 

Swedish artist to paint Mohammed after death threats

A Swedish artist who received death threats after depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog said Wednesday he would display new paintings of the prophet at an exhibition in the immigrant-heavy city of Malmoe later this year.