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Why Jimmy Wales Allows "Vulva" on Wikipedia

Katie Engelhart | Posted 03.25.2012 | Technology
Read More: Pipa, Wikipedia, Muhammad Cartoon, Free Speech Debate, Timothy Garton Ash, Free Speech, SOPA Bill, Oxford University, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Blackout, Technology News
Katie Engelhart

Decisions made by Wikipedia editors are not law. But when it comes to determining what is 'normal' online -- and how much taboo we're willing to stomach on our Internet -- a Wikipedia referendum can count for just as much.

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Muslims vs. Cartoons: What To Do Against Blasphemy?

Mustafa Akyol | Posted 01.14.2012 | Religion
Read More: Islam, Freedom From Islam, Muhammad Cartoon, Charlie Hebdo Muhammad, Depicting Muhammad, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, French Muslims, Islam in France, Religious Tolerance, Charlie Hebdo, Blasphemy Laws, Religion News
Mustafa Akyol

Do we have an irreconcilable gap, then, between Islam and free speech? I am sure many, among both Muslims and Westerners, would readily say "yes" to this question, but I am not one of them.

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French Newspaper Office Set Ablaze After Publishing Prophet Muhammad Cartoon

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 01.02.2012 | World
Read More: French Newspaper Muhammad, Muhammad Cartoon, Islam, Video, France, Prophet Cartoon, Prophet Muhammad, Charlie Hebdo Prophet Mohammad, Charlie Hebdo, World News

PARIS — A firebombing that destroyed the offices of a French satirical weekly that "invited" the Prophet Muhammad as its guest editor was denoun...

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The Social Construction of Controversy

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Muhammad Cartoon, park51, International Relations, Media Elite, Glenn Beck, Sensationalism, Media Sensationalism, World News
Peter Henne

If elite manipulation of the construction of an Islamic center caused the conflict, then correcting the media market to allow for a diversity of viewpoints is the solution.

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Lars Vilks, Swedish Muhammad Cartoonist, Target Of Suspected Arson

AP | LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Religion, Mohammed Cartoon, Lars Vilks Attacked, Prophet Mohammed, Muhammad Cartoon, Lars Vilks Arson, Lars Vilks, Lars Vilks Muhammad Cartoon, Lars Vilks Mohammed Cartoon, World News

STOCKHOLM — The home of a Swedish artist who once drew a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has been hit by a suspected arson attack, poli...

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Outrage Over South Park's Muhammad: Not Just a Muslim Thing

Diana Butler Bass | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Muhammad Cartoon, Images, History, Islam, Art, Graven Images, Puritans, Jesus, Christianity, Christians, Media, Piss Christ, Muslim, South Park, Religion News
Diana Butler Bass

It is worth pointing out that Christianity has a long history of violence against visual depictions of Jesus, the saints, and God.

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South Park's Depiction Of Muhammad Censored AGAIN

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: South Park 201, Muhammad Cartoon, South Park Death Threats, Theo Van Gogh, Mohammed South Park, South Park Censored Mohammed, RevolutionMuslim.Com, Southpark Episode 201, South Park Mohammed Censored, South Park Mohammed Episode, Revolution Muslim, Theo Van Gogh Death, Trey Parker, Video, Matt Stone, South Park Mohammed, South Park Censored, South Park 201 Censored, South Park, South Park Muhammad, Muhammad, South Park and Muslim Group, Media News

UPDATE: Matt Stone and Trey Parker have issued a statement: "In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn'...

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Caricatures, Facebook Double Standards and the Bigotry of Pakistani Internet Watchdogs

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Draw Muhammad Day, Pakistan Judges, Muhammad Cartoon, Jyllands-Posten, Facebook Controversy, Facebook, Pakistan Bans Facebook, Technology News
Saad Khan

Internet bans do not work anymore and violent protests do not do any good. Perhaps it is the best time for Muslims to adopt civil, non-violent ways of protest -- here in Pakistan and in the world at large.

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The Pope, the Prophet, and the Religious Support for Evil

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Muhammad Cartoon, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Religion, Catholicism, Pope Benedict, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News
Johann Hari

In a sane society, if you can't bear to hear your religious figures criticized -- if you think Ratzinger is above the law, or Mohamed should be defended with an axe -- then you should tell it to the judge.

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Why Did the Cartoonist Cross the Road?

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Religion, Muhammad Cartoon, Free Speech, Protest, Muslims, Muslim World, Political Cartoons, Religion News
Hani Almadhoun

There needs to be a middle path for outraged Muslims. We need not have the vacuous apathy of too many in the West, but cannot take arms or protest against every slight to the religion.

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Irish Police Arrest Seven In Plot To Kill Swedish Cartoonist

BeliefNet.com | Al Webb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Muhammad, Islam, Muhammad Cartoon, Cartoonist Murder Plot, Vilks Murder, Lars Vilks, Ireland, Muhammad Cartoons, Religion, Jihad Jane, Swedish Cartoonist, Colleen Larose, Prophet Muhammad, Vilks Murder Plot, Muslims, Blasphemy, Muhammad Dog, Colleen R. Larose, Swedish Cartoon, Religion News

Police in Ireland say they have arrested seven suspects in an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks for depicting Islam's Prophet Muh...

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Lars Vilke, Muhammad Cartoonist, 'Head-butted' during lecture

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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(AP) STOCKHOLM -- A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted Tuesday as furious protesters interrup...

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Mohammed Drawing Published In Swedish Papers

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Swedish Newspapers, Muhammad Cartoon, Mohammed Cartoon, Lars Vilks, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Mohammed Drawing, Sweden, Sapo, World News

STOCKHOLM — The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions,...

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Politiken, Danish Newspaper, Apologizes For Muhammad Cartoon

AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Islamophobia, Muhammad Cartoon, Islam, Mohammed Cartoon, Prophet Mohammed, Politiken, Prophet Cartoon, Danish Newspaper, Islamic Extremists, Kurt Westergaard, Denmark, Religion News

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2,500 Protest Muhammad Cartoon In Norway

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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OSLO — About 2,500 people marched through downtown Oslo in a protest Friday against a Norwegian newspaper that printed a caricature of the Proph...

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Kurt Westergaard, Danish Muhammad Cartoonist, Defiant In Face Of Threats

AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Mohammed Cartoons, Religion, Muhammad Cartoon, Controversial Cartoon, Mohammed Cartoon, Cartoon, Denmark, World News

COPENHAGEN — A few pen strokes thrust Kurt Westergaard into the midst of an international crisis, exposing him to death threats and an alleged a...

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Censored Images of Muhammad Finally Printed in New Book

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Muhammad Cartoon, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Campus Liberty, Gary Hull, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Yale, Free Speech, Media News
Greg Lukianoff

My organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), is proud to join a broad coalition criticizing Yale University's decision to censor the Muhammad cartoons from a book about the cartoons.

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Muhammad Movie Planned: Film Brings Together Hollywood Producer Barrie Osborne And Banned Muslim Cleric Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: UK, Muhammad, Muhammad Cartoon, Alnoor Holdings, Islam, Britain, The Lord of the Rings, Holocaust, Epic, Sunni, Qatar, The Matrix, Gulf Times, Religion, Bridging Cultures, Al-Qaradawi, Suicide Bombings, Terror, Muhammed, Passion of the Christ, Muhammad's Life, Doha, Iraq, Muslim, Al Jazeera, Barrie Osborne, Entertainment News

A movie about the prophet Muhammad is in the works, according to Reuters. According to reports, the $150 million film will bring together a major holl...

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