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NEWS ABOUT: Mohammed

Mohammed stories: 7 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

Mohammed Now London's Most Popular Boys Name 

Prophet's name knocks Daniel into second place in British capital

Sep 16, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mohammed has beaten out old favorites like Jack and Oliver to become the most popular name for baby boys in London, the Telegraph reports. British government figures show that the name—when variant spellings like "Muhammed" are included—is more than twice as popular in the British capital as... More »

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London • Muslim • Mohammed • Britain • baby name • babies

Mohammad Child Bride Book Hits US Early

Publisher moves up release date after London firebombing

Oct 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial novel tracing the life of the Prophet Mohammed's child bride has been rushed out early by its US publisher, Reuters reports. The Jewel of Medina's British release was suspended after its London publisher's headquarters was firebombed. Beaufort Books—which took the project after Random House dropped it amid... More »

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Islam • extremists • Mohammed • author • Beaufort Books • Prophet Mohammed

US Publisher Yanks Novel
on Mohammed

Random House feared violence over work on prophet's child bride

Aug 8, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Random House has pulled a book about the life of Mohammed due to be published this week, Reuters reports. The company feared that The Jewel of  Medina, a historical novel and love story about Mohammed and Aisha—a child bride who was engaged to the prophet when she was... More »

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Islam • Islamic extremists • Mohammed • author • novel • Random House

Mohammed Cartoon Goes on the Market

Artist, in hiding, calls
drawing  'a symbol of freedom of expression'

Mar 1, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Kurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most controversial of the Danish cartoons that sparked fierce Muslim protest in 2005, is looking to sell his drawing. The sketch of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban has sent Westergaard into hiding, under police protection, and potential buyers may be scared off... More »

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protests • editorial cartoons • Mohammed • Denmark • turbans • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Kurt Westergaard

Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head
of Cartoonist

$100,000 for murder
of Swede who drew offensive image

Sep 16, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published the cartoon. The reward escalated... More »

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Islam • Islamic State of Iraq • Muslims • cartoon • Mohammed • Sweden • Islamist extremists • cartoonist • Nerikes Allehanda • Lars Vilks • Danish Mohammed cartoons • al-Qaeda

Egypt Suffers From a Fatwa Free-for-All

Urine-drinking, breastfeeding edicts jeopardize religious authority

Jun 12, 07 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The credibility of fatwas, the religious rulings that guide daily life for Muslims, is being strained in Egypt, the New York Times reports.  A flap ensued recently when one authority ruled in favor of  drinking the Prophet Mohammed’s urine and another approved co-ed workplaces if the women breast-fed... More »

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Islam • law • Egypt • Muslim • Mohammed • fatwa

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