2012
‘The Public Square’ Anti-Islamic speech by pastor Terry Jones … by singing the Beatles.
Since Op-Docs, our forum for short, opinionated documentaries, produced with creative latitude across many subjects, started in November 2011, 46 short films and videos have been published on nytimes.com. Today we begin a new Op-Docs feature: Scenes. It will be a platform for very short work — snippets of street life, brief observations and interviews, clips…
Anger and an Arrest as a Leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Visits Brooklyn
The tension that has gripped Egypt in recent weeks over a draft constitution written by Islamists briefly erupted on a New York street on Saturday night, with the arrest of a protester who disrupted a discussion of the document byEssam El-Erian, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. Mr. Erian, who is also the vice president of the…
Canadian politician defends speaking engagement at Islamic convention
News Agencies – December 12, 2012 Canadian politician Justin Trudeau is brushing off criticism about his upcoming keynote speech at an Islamic convention, saying he’s proud to be participating in the event. His planned Dec. 22 appearance at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference in Toronto has been attacked by an anti-Islamism website and…
French Muslim groups sue magazine over Prophet Mohammed cartoons
News Agencies – December 7, 2012 Two Muslim organizations launched legal proceedings against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, accusing it of inciting racial hatred after it published provocative cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The allegations concern cartoons that caricatured the Prophet, including two drawings which show him naked, published at a time, on September…