Monthly Archives: October 2012

Anti-Muslim filmmaker detained for almost a month

From The Washington Times: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the 55-year-old filmmaker responsible for the anti-Muslim video that President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice initially and wrongly blamed for inciting the deadly terrorist attack on … Continue reading

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Unbiased Coverage Demanded by Taliban

From Yahoo News: Yesterday, local paper The News International gave voice to the Taliban’s pathetic complaints of bias, which offered a rare window into terrorist media criticism. TTP spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said his group would “continue to respect journalists” except for highly biased … Continue reading

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Egyptian Children Arrested for Insulting Islam

From Ahram.org: Two Coptic Christian children Nabil Nagy Rizk, 10, and Mina Nady Farag, 9, were arrested, Tuesday, for insulting religion in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Beni Suef, after the imam of their local mosque filed a complaint against … Continue reading

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Yemen security officer at U.S. Embassy killed in Sanaa

From USA Today: Masked gunmen fatally shot a Yemeni security official on his way to work at the U.S. Embassy here Thursday.

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Trial in Minneapolis for al-Shabab Supporter

From Newsvine: A man who left the U.S. to join fighters in Somalia testified Thursday against a Minnesota man on trial for supporting terrorism, saying he saw the man hand $500 in cash to another al-Shabab recruit while they were … Continue reading

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Grenade attack on fair in Thailand wounds 30

From Newsvine: Thai police believe Islamist insurgents fired grenades at a fair in southern Thailand, injuring 30 people, in anger over government efforts to win over local Muslim religious leaders.

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Taliban shoot Pakistani schoolgirl campaigning for peace

From Yahoo News: Taliban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said.

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Muslims Riot Over Image of Quran

From ABC News: Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims angry over an alleged derogatory photo of the Islamic holy book Quran on Facebook set fires in at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes near the southern border with Myanmar, authorities said … Continue reading

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