Muslim access to the mosque compound has long been a point of contention as Israel has exerted tighter control.
Tag: Muslims and Islam
Blasphemy Is a Crime in Pakistan. Mobs Are Delivering the Verdicts.
Being convicted of the charge can bring a death sentence in the country. But simply being accused of disrespect toward Islam can also be enough to get a person killed.
Zoo Official In India Is Punished For Giving Lions Revered Names
The names, Sita and Akbar, evoking a Hindu goddess and a Muslim emperor, drew outrage from Hindu activists who saw it as blasphemy.
Canadian Court Rules That Killings of Four Muslims Was Terrorism
Members of the Afzaal family were run down by a young man who harbored white supremacist beliefs and who targeted them because they were Muslim.
Israel May Add Restrictions to Al Aqsa Mosque Access for Ramadan
Reducing access to Al Aqsa, the sacred mosque compound in Jerusalem that has long been a flashpoint for tensions, may set off unrest, some Israelis warned.
The Taliban Refuses to Come the U.N. Conference on Afghanistan
The group said it would not take part in a conference that also included women’s rights groups, the European Union and representatives of Afghan civil society.
Demolition of Muslim Properties Sets Off Deadly Violence in India
When officials arrived to raze a mosque and seminary ruled to be illegally located on public property, they encountered hundreds of protesters.
Khaled Nezzar, General at Center of Algeria’s Bloodshed, Dies at 86
In the 1990s, he oversaw troops that committed a host of atrocities against equally brutal Islamist rebels in what became known as the Black Decade.
Why India’s New Ram Temple Is So Important
Its site is sacred to Hindus, and it also represents the much more recent victory of Hinduism as a political identity.
Modi Opens a Giant Temple in a Triumph for India’s Hindu Nationalists
The temple inaugurated by the prime minister is on the disputed site of a centuries-old mosque destroyed in a Hindu mob attack that set a precedent of impunity in cases of violence against Muslims.