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Controversial Tunisian Court Ruling Reflects Dilemmas of the Arab Spring TIME (blog) In a sign that conservative Islam could yet take hold in this modern, largely secular country—home to the Arab Spring's first revolution—a feisty, blunt-talking TV executive was convicted on Thursday of airing an animated depiction of the Prophet ... See all stories on this topic » TIME (blog)

Tunisian court orders fine on TV station owner BusinessWeek By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA A Tunisian court on Thursday convicted the head of a private TV station for disrupting public order and violating moral values by airing an animated film that some religious leaders say insults Islam. The court in Tunis ordered ... See all stories on this topic »

Tunisia's Islamic hardliners score victory in television trial The Independent A Tunisian court yesterday convicted the head of a private TV station for disrupting public order and violating moral values by broadcasting an animated film that some religious leaders say insults Islam. The court in Tunis ordered Nabil Karoui to pay ... See all stories on this topic »

Tunisian Court Fines Television Director Karoui for Movie BusinessWeek Nessma TV's Nabil Karoui was accused of insulting sacred Islamic values and disturbing the public order after the station on Oct. 7 aired an animated Iranian film, "Persepolis," about a girl growing up during that country's 1979 revolution. See all stories on this topic »

Yusuf Islam - Cat Stevens - live in Conversation ABC Online He later changed his name to Yusuf Islam. And you best know him as Cat Stevens. With Peace Train, Moonshadow, Father & Son and Morning has Broken - just to name a few of his many hits - Cat Stevens became a worldwide superstar before converting to ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

Tunisian court fines TV boss on morality charges Chicago Tribune The film, about a girl growing up in Iran, includes a scene depicting God, which is forbidden in Islam. It enraged some Salafi Islamists who subsequently attacked the station. The fine was substantially less severe than the prison term that Karoui's ... See all stories on this topic »

Islam Awareness Week breaks down stereotypes Fourth Estate Newspaper Aisha Umar, Islam Awareness Week coordinator, introduces herself and talks about wearing the hijab during the discussion "My Hijab Experience" at the Mauthe Center, April 19. Umar was one of four women who wore a hijab during the talk. See all stories on this topic » Fourth Estate Newspaper

Number of Muslims in the U.S. Doubles Since 9/11 New York Daily News Data released Tuesday from the 2010 US Religion Census shows Islam was the fastest growing religion in America in the last 10 years, with 2.6 million living in the US today, up from 1 million in 2000. Mormonism too saw remarkable growth, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Bin Laden was told Irish are 'ready for Islam' Irish Independent Photo: AP By Dan Blair, Edel O'Connell and Tom Brady OSAMA bin Laden was urged by a fellow leading al-Qa'ida member to send a message to the Irish people to urge them to convert to Islam. New files removed from Bin Laden's compound reveal how Ireland ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

Abuja Hosts Second Islamic Book Exhibition AllAfrica.com In order to promote reading culture in Nigeria, De Minaret International, a non-governmental literary organization, is organizing a four-day Islamic Book Exhibition in Abuja. A statement in Abuja by Malam Saheed Abdur-Rauf, the Chief Executive Officer ... See all stories on this topic »

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Churches Restricted in Kuwait, Insulting Islam a Capital Offense ... By persecution Churches Restricted in Kuwait, Insulting Islam a Capital Offense. ICC Note: "Kuwait's 50-member National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to impose the death penalty for blasphemy in an April 12 legal amendment," Catholic News Service ... Persecution

Islam in Europe: Admin: "In Other News" By Esther From now on, my "In Other News" posts will be posted on my blog. The main advantage: you can now comment on these news items as well. There are still a few problems to work out. I'll continue tinkering with it, and will be glad for any ... Islam in Europe

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Syria: Hizb ut-Tahrir says regime will cede to ... - The Muslim News "The Islamic Caliphate state can not be conceived of without [Greater] Syria. It has what no other spot on earth has in terms of honor, esteem, and status after ... www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=22294

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