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India-France steps up counter-extremism coop as threat of expulsion of Pak-based French envoy looms largeFrance during the recent visit of its NSA to Delhi indicated that Paris will put an end to exports of critical defence items to Pakistan Ar...
Famous Urdu poet Munawwar Rana booked over remarks on France killingsThe poet has also been booked under IPC Section 505 (statements conducing public mischief) and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act...
At least 50,000 take part in anti-France rally in BangladeshPolice estimated some 50,000 people took part in the protest, which demanded a boycott of French products, while organisers said there were...
Anti-France protests continue in Muslim nations; President Macron seeks understandingThe demonstrations, which followed anti-France protests across the Muslim world last week, came after President Macron's interview late Sat...
France's Macron to Muslims: I hear your anger, but won't accept violenceAn assailant shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice on Thursday, in Fra...
UN official expresses 'deep concern' over Mohammed cartoon tensionsThe statement by Miguel Angel Moratinos -- who heads the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations -- follows growing anger in the Muslim wo...
Saudi Arabia holds off from backing action against France over cartoonsA foreign ministry official also said in a statement that the Gulf state condemns all acts of terrorism, an apparent reference to the behea...
Saudi Arabia condemns cartoons offending Prophet MohammadThe statement by a foreign ministry official, carried on state media, did not refer to calls in some Muslim countries for a boycott of Fren...
Pakistani PM Imran Khan writes to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking ban on Islamophobic contentIn the letter, shared by the Pakistani government on Twitter, Imran Khan said that "growing Islamophobia" is encouraging extremism and viol...
Charlie Hebdo reprints controversial Mohammed cartoons to mark start of trial against alleged accomplices to 2005 attackThe editorial team wrote that now was the right time to republish the cartoons.
Editor held for reprinting Prophet Mohammed's offensive image"The court has granted her bail. She was held on charges of hurting religious sentiments by reprinting the controversial cartoon of Prophet...
Paris attack: Haji Yakub Qureshi's remark for cheap publicity, say Muslim clericsMuslim scholars trashed as "cheap publicity gimmick" and "childish" Qureshi's alleged statement hailing terrorists and demanded strict acti...
Case filed against Ex-UP minister for defending Paris terror attackAccording to some media reports, Qureshi had also announced a reward of Rs 51 crore to the killers of the Paris journalists.
- Pakistan to restore YouTube, block certain videos
Pakistan will restore access to YouTube but will block videos offensive to Muslims that are posted on the video-sharing site, the governmen...
- Pak religious groups demand permanent ban on Facebook
Demanding a permanent ban on Facebook, over two dozen Pakistani religious groups working under the umbrella of the JuD have decided to cont...
- Pak blocks 800 URLs over Facebook cartoon row
Pakistani authorities have blocked 800 URLs that feature "blasphemous" and "sacrilegious" content in the wake of the ban on Facebook and Yo...
- Bangladesh condemns reprinting of prophet cartoon
Bangladesh on Saturday condemned the reprinting in Denmark of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, saying it would "only spur resentment" in ...