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AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 days ago
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Experts say the bid stands some chance of eventual success if Muslim countries persist. And whatever the outcome, the campaign risks reigniting tensions between Muslims and the West that President Barack Obama has pledged to heal, reviving fears of a...
Tags: U.N. Human Rights Council, General Assembly, Islamic Conference, Geneva, Western and Muslim, U.S, Islamophobia, Pakistan, Marghoob Saleem Butt, Karāchi, Human rights, Crimes, United Nations Human Rights Council, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Politics, Religious law, Freedom of expression, Blasphemy, Religion Belief
Islamic Nations Seek Legally Binding Way to Counter Religious ‘Defamation’
Mexico :: NY :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has for the past decade overseen the passage of non-binding resolutions at the U.N. General Assembly and human rights bodies. Last week, the most recent effort passed in the General Assembly’s Third Committee,...
Tags: OIC, U.N. General Assembly, human rights, Islamic Conference, Islamophobia, racial discrimination, ICERD, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Mexico, Religious law, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Hate speech, Ekmeleddin ￄﾰhsanoￄﾟlu, Human rights instruments, Blasphemy, Crimes, Religion Belief
Turkey and EU spat over Sudan visit
Khartoum :: Sudan | 17 days ago
Credibility Al-Bashir, who has an international arrest warrant against him for war crimes, has announced plans to attend the OIC gathering in the city on Monday. A Swedish diplomat, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, visited Turkey's foreign ministry...
Tags: Turkey, Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, Mr. Bashir, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, International Criminal Court, Darfur, Islamic Conference, U.N., war crimes
'Pakistan hurt by killing of Christians'
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility LONDON: The death of eight Christians burnt alive in clashes with majority Muslims has diminished Pakistan and injured the Muslim faith, the spiritual head of the world's 77 million Anglicans said on Tuesday. Four women and a child were among those killed...
Tags: christians, Pakistan People's Party, Sunni group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Gojra, Punjab, Islamic Conference, punjab province, Islamabad, christian killing, blasphemy law
Mixed media reaction to OIC resolution
Tina :: Burkina Faso | 6 months ago
Credibility While sections of the Priština press have hailed the Islamic Conference's resolution on Kosovo, others bemoan the lack of a call for recognition. Daily Koha Ditore writes that the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) adopted a “softer“ resolution...
Tags: Kosovo, Islamic Conference, recognized kosovo, daily koha, Koha Ditore
Surge in Mindanao kidnappings alarms OIC official
Manila :: Philippines | 8 months ago
Credibility A high official of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Friday expressed concern that the surge in kidnappings in the southern Philippines would derail the peace process...At least 10 people are being held by suspected members of the Abu...
Tags: OIC, Mindanao, Philippines-The Philippine, islamic conference
Kyl hosts anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona is hosting a film screening at the Capitol for a far-right Dutch lawmaker who claims that Islam inspires terrorism. Kyl is sponsoring the Thursday event for Geert Wilders, who was denied entry to London earlier this...
Dhaka condemns Gaza attack at Rabat meet
Rabat :: Morocco | 9 months ago
Credibility Dhaka, Jan 28 (bdnews24.com) Bangladesh condemned the recent Israeli aggression in Gaza strip on Wednesday, at the 8th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers in Rabat. Information minister Abul Kalam Azad echoed the general feeling of the Moroccan...
Tags: Palestine Issues Dhaka, islamic conference, information ministers, Bangladesh, Gaza, Muslim, 8th islamic
Egypt blocks Priština's participation in conference
Tina :: Burkina Faso | 12 months ago
Credibility Egypt is blocking the participation of a Kosovo delegation in an Islamic Conference (OIC) event, media reports say. Albanian language daily Koha Ditore writes that the Kosovo Albanian delegation has been barred from attending the Second Ministerial Conference...
U.S. Mounting Effort To Counter Limits on Speech Critical of Islam
Karāchi :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Bush administration, European governments and advocates of freedom of speech are ramping up efforts to counter what they see as a campaign by Muslim countries to suppress speech about religion, especially Islam. The debate focuses on a United Nations...
Tags: Islamic Conference
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