Saudi to retain ban on non-Muslim places of worship
Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia will retain its longstanding ban on non-Muslim places of worship, Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa said in comments reported by the Saudi media on Wednesday.
Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia will retain its longstanding ban on non-Muslim places of worship, Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa said in comments reported by the Saudi media on Wednesday.
Followers of a Philippine sultan who crossed to the Malaysian state of Sabah this month will not leave and are reclaiming the area as their ancestral territory, the sultan said Sunday amid a tense standoff.
Muslims, no matter how hurt they are, should not resort to violence in protesting against the anti-Islam film, “The Innocence of Muslims”, Muslim clerics in Mindanao said.
Muslims in Lanao del Sur are taking their battle against the “anti-Islamic” video “Innocence of Muslims” to the Supreme Court.
The United Kingdom has warned its citizens against “demonstrations and large gatherings of people” in the Philippines, citing protests in several countries.
Lawyer Harry Roque has defied a ban by the University of the Philippines and pushed through with the screening of the “Innocence of Muslims” Friday night.
A law professor at the University of the Philippines is holding a screening of the trailer of “Innocence of Muslims” , an anti-Islam film that has ignited violence across the Middle East.
About 600 Maranaos angered by the “insulting depiction of Prophet Mohammad” in the allegedly Jewish-financed film “Innocence of Muslims” burned huge replicas of the American and Israeli flags during a rally in downtown Marawi City on Monday morning.
Despite spreading anti-American violence, Malacañang is not taking steps to block the anti-Islam video “The Innocence of Muslims” in the Philippines.
Be respectful of your host government’s state religion and its symbols.
Shoppers flooded markets in India, women decorated their feet with tattoos in Pakistan, while others in the Philippines prayed for peace and the recovery of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, as Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid’l Fitr feast marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
A former American soldier with specialist intelligence and cryptology training has been charged with trying to join Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants, US justice officials said Monday.
