Topic: Somalia
Minn. prosecutors: 1st Amendment protects man who posted anti-Muslim cartoonsTwo Minnesota prosecutors say they won't file charges against a man who investigators say admitted posting anti-Muslim images in front of a mosque, a Somali-owned store and other spots.They say the cartoons are ...
Danish cartoonist says police cannot protect him from spontaneous attackersThe Danish artist whose controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad enraged Muslims around the world said Monday that police cannot protect him from attackers who act spontaneously.Kurt Westergaard said in an interview with ...
Somali man who allegedly attacked Danish cartoonist previously arrested in KenyaThe Somali man who attacked an artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a controversial cartoon has previously been arrested in Kenya, Danish media reported Sunday.The Danish intelligence agency PET knew that ...
An ax-wielding Somali man with suspected al-Qaida links has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after breaking into the home of a Danish artist whose Prophet Muhammad cartoon outraged the Muslim world three years ago.The suspect, who was shot twice ...
A Somali man was on Saturday charged with the attempted murder of a Danish cartoonist whose caricatures of the Muslim prophet Mohammed sparked riots and protests around the world.The axe-wielding 28-year-old broke into Kurt Westergaard's home late Friday, screaming for " " ...
Al Qaeda-linked Islamist authorities in southern Somalia have ordered men to grow beards and shave off moustaches, officials and witnesses said Saturday. "In order to ensure the complete implementation of the Islamic sharia law in the region, we call upon all men ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, the 25-year-old's life has changed. "Al Shabaab wants our ringtones to be only ...
Islamic militants in Somalia this week killed a woman who led an underground Christian movement in the war-torn country. Hussein's death comes a few weeks after the rebel militants killed another one of the leaders of Somalia's Christian movement for distributing Bibles. ...
The faith journey of a long-time underground Christian in Somalia ended in tragedy this week when Islamic militants controlling a security checkpoint killed him after finding Bibles in his possession. , Khalafe was carrying 25 Somali Bibles he hoped to deliver to ...
A convert from Islam who has led a push for Muslim-Christian understanding in Ethiopia has been in jail for nearly four months since his arrest for " Christian sources in Ethiopia said that, contrary to Ethiopian law, 39-year-old Bashir Musa Ahmed has ...
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