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NEWS ABOUT: Muhammad

Muhammad stories: 9 news summaries

 Ahmadinejad Is Not Jewish 

Iranian president's family is about as Muslim as can be

Oct 5, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bombshell claim that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's family is Jewish is false. The assertion was based on the fact that the family changed its last name from Sabourjian shortly before the Iranian leader's birth, and the "fact" that Sabourjian means "weaver of the sabour," which the Telegraph said... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Jews • Mohammed • Koran • Muhammad • Jewish • Daily Telegraph

OPINION

Yale Sides With Dictators by Censoring Cartoons

Muhammad decision
is short-sighted

Aug 29, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yale University has “handed a victory to extremists” by deciding to pull images of the prophet Muhammad from its upcoming book on the Danish cartoon controversy, writes Mona Eltahawy in the Washington Post. Eltahawy is a Muslim living in Denmark, and she knows full well that the cartoons... More »

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Islam • Yale University • censorship • cartoon • Muhammad • Danish Mohammed cartoons

Muhammad  Probably
Never Existed: Theologian

Islamic scholar's theory enrages Muslims

Nov 15, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - An Islamic professor's belief that Muhammad probably never existed has Muslim groups seething, the Wall Street Journal reports. The German convert to Islam says he cast a critical eye over historical records and found little to indicate the prophet was a real person. Muhammad’s name didn't appear on coins... More »

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Islam • Muslims • Muslim • Muhammad • Muslim convert • Prophet Muhammad • religious scholars

 Saudi Cops
 Target Flirty
 Dog Walkers

Riyadh officials confiscating pets in public

Aug 13, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials in a Saudi province have banned the sale of cats and dogs after complaints that flirtatious men are “using cats and dogs to make passes at women and pester families,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. Although owning a pet isn’t illegal, the religious police say they’... More »

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pets • Saudi Arabia • Koran • veterinarian • Muhammad • religious police

Turkey Rounds Up Experts to Revise Islam

Reformers hope work will wrench religion from extremists

Apr 27, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ankara has gathered a team of experts to parse through Muhammad's words and deeds and decode them for modern-day Muslims, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Their planned 5-volume set will point out anachronisms—no, Muslims need not brush their teeth with a twig—and will likely remove lines about women being bad... More »

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Islam • Turkey • religion • reform • Muhammad • religious scholars

Vatican Meets With Muslims
to Set Summit

Leaders aim to mend rift created by pope's inflammatory speech

Mar 4, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Leaders from the Muslim world met with Vatican officials today to begin preparations for this summer's landmark Catholic-Islamic summit. Pope Benedict XVI will participate in the talks in an effort by the two religions to reconcile differences aggravated by a 2006 speech by the pontiff that offended many Muslims, reports... More »

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Islam • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Vatican • Muhammad • interfaith dialogue

'Terrified' Teddy Bear Teacher Happy to Be Home

Shocked adventure-seeker got 'more than I bargained for'

Dec 4, 07 5:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Safely home after a "terrifying" ordeal in a Sudanese jail for allowing a class Teddy bear to be named Muhammad, teacher Gillian Gibbons was delighted to be back with family today. "I went out there to have a bit of an adventure and I got more than I... More »

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Sudan • Muhammad • Britain • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons

Teddy Bear Teacher
Goes Free

Amid protests over pardon, educator to head home to UK

Dec 3, 07 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Gillian Gibbons was released today after a week behind Sudanese bars and apologized "if I have caused any distress," the Guardian reports. Though some called for her death, Gibbons wasn’t bearing a grudge. “I have encountered nothing but kindness from the Sudanese people,” she said... More »

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Sudan • Muhammad • Britain • teddy bears • Gillian Gibbons

US Apologizes For Insensitive Soccer Balls

Afghans don't like prophet's name being kicked around

Aug 28, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military apologized to Afghans today for soccer balls it distributed to young Muslim Beckhams in “good will.” The balls sported the Saudi flag, which carries the Islamic declaration of faith—including the names of Allah and Muhammad. An Afghan governor said villagers wanted to demonstrate against... More »

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Afghanistan • Islam • Muslims • US military • Koran • soccer balls • Muhammad • Allah • Khost province

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