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Jyllands-Posten’s Flemming Rose in his office in Denmark on February 9 2006.

​UCT’s Max Price was right to disinvite Flemming Rose, but he insulted students

The vice-chancellor rightly withdrew the Jyllands-Posten editor’s invitation. But failure to consult the student body was unwise.

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Editor behind Denmark’s Mohammed cartoons steps down

The Danish editor who commissioned the Mohammed cartoons that triggered deadly protests a decade ago says he’s leaving the Jyllands-Posten newspaper.

‘I’ve no idea who they are; they’re dead and in the street’

Two men have been gunned down by police in Texas after opening fire at a "hate group" event celebrating cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Swedish artist Lars Vilks stirred controversy in 2007 with published drawings depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a dog

Swedish artist says he didn’t aim to provoke Muslims

The artist intended to challenge political correctness in art, and he was naive to think the effect of depicting the prophet would be limited.

Speaking at an investment conference in Riyadh, due to end on Thursday, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged there would be “no rupture” in ties with Ankara. (Reuters)

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for ‘Charlie Hebdo’ attack

The terrorist organisation says it was responsible for the attack that saw 17 people killed, as the latest edition of the satirical weekly sold out.

South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council has condemned the attacks on French weekly

MJC: Freedom of speech should not lead to hate speech

South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council said they condemn the attacks carried out in France, but there are limits to freedom of expression.

Two brothers suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre

French security forces are searching for two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a French magazine, a third suspect is in police custody.

Qatar and Iran on rival missions to make films about Prophet Muhammad

Duelling biopics of Muhammad reflect differing traditions of Sunni and Shia Islam over depiction of the Muslim prophet.

French magazine prints comic book life of Prophet Muhammad

A French satirical magazine has published a comic book biography of Prophet Muhammad.

Women wear headbands reading ‘at your service God’s prophet’ at a rally denouncing the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’.

Truth about the Prophet’s wife

The Orientalist scholar W Montgomery Watt wrote of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam: "Of all the world’s great men, none has been so much maligned."

Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover

Spanish magazine publishes Prophet Muhammad cartoon

Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, soon after protests rocked the Muslim world.

Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover
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Protests against insults to Islam kill 15 in Pakistan

Protests against insults to Prophet Muhammad turned violent in Pakistan, killing at least 15, but remained mostly peaceful in other Arab countries.

An Egyptian protester throws back a tear gas canister towards the riot police during clashes near the US embassy in Cairo.

France braces for Prophet Muhammad cartoon backlash

France has stepped up security and appealed for calm after a magazine published naked cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that risks fanning outrage.

The tawdry piece of work that is the Innocence of Muslims raises problems for the proponents of censorship

Nothing, however vile, justifies censorship

Even in the hardest of cases such as this anti-Islamic film, the old arguments against censorship remain the best.

Afghans shout anti-US slogans in Jalalabad

Fury over Muhammad video simmers on

Anti-Western protests against a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad has abated, but US policy in the Muslim world remains overshadowed by the video.

An Egyptian protester throws back a tear gas canister towards the riot police during clashes near the US embassy in Cairo.

Calls for calm as protests erupt over anti-Islam film

Protesters have marched on US embassies across the Middle East over a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.

Egypt’s riot police stand guard as protesters climb down from the wall of the US embassy in Cairo on Tuesday.
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Deep Read: The hunt for Sam Bacile

The search for those behind the film implicated in violence in Egypt and Libya has led to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes.

An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam attacked the US consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and set fire to the building
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Ambassador’s death: Justice will be done, vows Obama

Barack Obama has underscored the bond between the US and Libya, but vowed to hunt down those behind the possibly premeditated killing of the US envoy.

Google’s response to the violence highlights the struggle faced by the company to balance free speech with legal and ethical concerns.
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Google blocks Muhammad film clip in Egypt and Libya

YouTube says it will not remove a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad entirely from the site, but it has blocked access to the clip in Egypt and Libya.

Egypt’s riot police stand guard as protesters climb down from the wall of the US embassy in Cairo on Tuesday.
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US diplomat killed as film fury mounts in Egypt, Libya

Attacks on US diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya, sparked by a film that accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, have left one person dead.