Secular Bangladeshi writer murdered in the street & TMT leading discusion on Free Speech
Epigraph: Do they say, ‘He has forged it?’ Say, ‘Bring then a Surah like unto it, and call for help on all you can besides Allah, if you are truthful.’ […]
Charlie Hebdo under fire for calling Brussels attacks tip of Islam ‘iceberg’
Source: Tribune The editors of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have come under fire for linking the Brussels terror attacks to ordinary Muslims. In an editorial titled ‘How did we […]
China editor resigns over media censorship
i Source: BBC A top journalist at a Chinese newspaper says he is resigning because of the authorities’ control over the media. Yu Shaolei, an editor at Southern Metropolis Daily, […]
Egyptian man sentenced to 3 years in prison for calling women immoral
Source: CNN (CNN)An Egyptian man was sentenced to three years in prison for saying some of the nation’s married women are unfaithful, state media reported. In addition to prison time, Taymour el-Sobky will also get hard labor. He made the assertion during a television show in December, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram […]
Blasphemy Laws Fuel the Ideology of Violent Extremism
Source: Huffington Post As the United States expands its efforts to counter the threat presented by violent extremism, it continues to emphasize the need to confront the ideology that motivates and enables it. In the case of violent Islamist extremism, this includes the few militant Muslims, who carry out or […]
UN Official: Blasphemy Laws Must Be Repealed
Source: Voice of America GENEVA—The special U.N. investigator on freedom of religion or belief is calling for the universal repeal of blasphemy laws, saying they restrict freedom of expression and […]
Turkish authorities seize country’s largest newspaper
Source: Al Jazeera Police using tear gas and water cannon raided the headquarters of Turkey’s largest-circulation newspaper, hours after a court placed it under the management of trustees. Police set […]
The Guardian view on religious intolerance: a sin against freedom
Source: The Guardian From Russia to Pakistan by way of the US campaign trail, bigotry and ideas of policing belief need to be confronted The murder of Salman Taseer was […]
Denmark Criminalizes Hate Speech against the Muslim Minority?
The Muslim Times has changed the heading of the news in favor of the Muslim minority in Denmark. For our collection of articles on free speech, please click here. Article […]
Back to Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
Source: Dawn By Asad Jamal Asking the CII to review the blasphemy laws is pointless. THE chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Mohammad Khan Sherani, has indicated the CCI […]
Freedom of Expression and Its Double Standard
Source: Huffington Post Almost a month ago, the French Club at the University of Chicago invited Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui to discuss “the context surrounding Charlie Hebdo, the […]
Egyptian writer Fatima Naoot jailed for insulting Islam
Source: Indian Express In October, Naoot described in a post on her Facebook account Eid Al-Adha’s tradition of slaughtering sheep as the “greatest massacre committed by human beings”. An Egyptian […]
Turkish journalists face life in prison over weapons truck story
Source: Daily News An indictment against Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül for highlighting weapons transfers by the country’s intelligence agency has been completed by the case’s prosecutor, with […]
Video: Fareed Zakaria’s Take I was the target of Internet trolling
After he was targeted by trolls, Fareed gives his take on how social media can encourage misinformation, rumors and radicalization online.
Pakistan unblocks access to YouTube
Source: BBC Pakistan has unblocked the video sharing site, YouTube, more than three years after it was banned for posting a video deemed insulting to Islam. Pakistan’s telecoms regulator said […]
Sometimes, non-believers and believers unite for free expression
Source: The Economist A YEAR on from the murderous assault on Charlie Hebdo, an irreverent French weekly, and the vast demonstration on the streets of Paris which followed, is it […]
Wheaton Professor May Be Fired for Pro-Islam Stance
Source: The New York Times A college professor in Illinois who is at risk of being fired for her remarks on Islam and Christianity spoke out on Wednesday, saying she […]
Pakistan removes New York Times’ international edition report on bloggers killed in Bangladesh
Source: bdnews24.com An article on the killing of Bangladeshi bloggers has been removed by the Pakistani printers of the international edition of The New York Times. The censorship left swathes […]
Majority of Americans say freedom of religion should be protected; Christianity gets highest mark at 82%
Source: Christian Today Majority of Americans said it’s important to protect freedom of religion for different religious groups, with Christianity getting the highest mark. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public […]
China Expels French Journalist Over Article on Muslim Region
Source: Time Expecting the move, Ursula Gauthier, a longtime journalist for the French news magazine L’Obs, said late Friday night that she was prepared to leave China. Once she departs […]