Prophet Muhammad
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Yemen's al Qaeda claims Paris attack, vows more violence
World | Jan 15, 2015, 08:58 AM ISTCairo: Yemen's al Qaeda branch on Wednesday confirmed it carried out last week's deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, as it called for unity among jihadi ranks
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Charlie Hebdo fallout: Crackdown in France, 54 held for defending terror
World | Jan 14, 2015, 08:31 PM ISTParis: France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and glorifying terrorism, announcing Wednesday that 54 people had been arrested for those offenses since terror attacks left 20 dead in
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Paris: New edition of Charlie Hebdo fronting Muhammad sells out before dawn
World | Jan 14, 2015, 07:25 PM ISTParis: Charlie Hebdo's defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris on Wednesday, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the paper fronting the Prophet Muhammad. In the city still shaken by the
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France hunts suspect, prepares for mass anti-terror rally
World | Jan 11, 2015, 04:54 PM ISTParis: France vowed to combat terrorism with "a cry for freedom" in a giant rally for unity today after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world.Police searched for a woman linked to the three
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Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula directed attack against Charlie Hebdo, claims member
World | Jan 10, 2015, 08:39 AM ISTCairo: Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honour" of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, a member of the group said on Friday.At least
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IS hails Charlie Hebdo attackers as 'heroes'
World | Jan 09, 2015, 08:58 AM ISTBeirut: The Islamic State (IS) jihadi organisation on Thursday hailed the alleged perpetrators of Wednesday's terror attack on the office of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, as “heroes”.The IS, in a statement, accused the
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Tensions high across Paris as French hunt for 2 killers in attack on newspaper
World | Jan 08, 2015, 09:10 PM ISTParis: With tensions high across Paris, French authorities hunted on Thursday for two heavily armed brothers they feared would strike again after the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the
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Know all about satirical weekly 'Charlie Hebdo'
World | Jan 15, 2015, 01:32 PM ISTCharlie Hebdo is a satirical weekly which often targeted different religions including Islam.Charlie Hebdo was set up in 1969 as 'Hara-Kiri' and was edited by French author, Francois Cavanna.It first appeared from 1969 to 1981;
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Charlie Hebdo shootings Europe's latest deadly terror attack
World | Jan 07, 2015, 09:41 PM ISTParis: A gun assault on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo Wednesday was the deadliest terrorist attack in postwar France. Some other terror attacks in Western Europe:March 11, 2004: Bombs on rush-hour trains
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French weekly has history of angering Muslims with cartoons
World | Jan 07, 2015, 06:49 PM ISTParis: The French newspaper Charlie Hebdo's staple is to be provocative—poking fun at popes, presidents as well as the Prophet Muhammad.The satirical weekly attacked Wednesday by gunmen, killing at least 12, has a history of
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Tunisia's ruling party condemns US Embassy attack
World | Sep 15, 2012, 06:04 PM ISTTunis, (Tunisia), Sep 15: Tunisia's governing moderate Islamist party condemned an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tunis and the neighboring American school, saying such violence threatens the country's progress toward democracy after decades of