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Breaking News Hamas Blasts New Muhammed Cartoon on Charlie Hebdo Cover as ‘Zionist’ Plot
Hamas said the Charlie Hebdo cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the satirical magazine’s latest cover was part of a plot by the “Zionist lobby.” “We condemn the latest publication of ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ which has caricatures offending the Prophet Muhammad,” spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Wednesday, according to reports. “The way the Israeli newspapers have dealt…
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Breaking News Muslims Blast Charlie Hebdo Muhammed Cover as New Provocation
Muslim clerics in the Middle East who have denounced last week’s attack on Charlie Hebdo criticized the French satirical weekly on Wednesday for publishing new cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Mohammad in its first issue after the killings. On the front of its “survivor’s edition,” which swiftly sold out its multi-million copy print run in France,…
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Opinion If Muslims Need an iCondemn App, Why Not Jews?
Since the Paris attacks, the internet has been overflowing with support for the victims and calls for freedom of expression. But, alarmingly and perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s also been full of demands for Muslims to “take responsibility” and “condemn” the heinous acts — as if somehow all Muslims universally bear responsibility for every single deranged or vile…
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Breaking News Israel Bans 3 Islamist Groups From Temple Mount
(Reuters) — Israel shut down three local Islamist groups on Monday, accusing them of stoking tensions at a contested shrine in occupied East Jerusalem that has seen increased visits by Jews. Al Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem is Islam’s third-holiest site and the vestige of Judaism’s ancient temples. Captured by Israel from Jordan in…
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News Jewish Leaders Join Massive Paris March To Honor Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen joined hundreds of thousands of French citizens marching in Paris amid high security in an unprecedented tribute to victims of this week’s Islamist militant attacks. President Francois Hollande and leaders from Germany, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Britain and the Palestinian territories among others, moved off from the…
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Breaking News Video Shows Paris Gunman Declaring Loyalty to Islamic State
One of three gunmen behind the worst militant attacks in France for decades appeared in a video released online on Sunday, declaring his allegiance to the Islamic State armed group and urging French Muslims to follow his example. In the seven-minute video apparently intended for release after the actions, Amedy Coulibaly, who staged the attack…
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Opinion Why Charlie Hebdo Must Be Free to Offend All — Even Us
It is not easy to be at the receiving end of Charlie Hebdo’s especially biting, brutal form of satire. Jews should know. Since the massacre of the French magazine’s top editors and journalists January 7, much has been made of their eagerness to criticize and lampoon people of all faiths, from the pope to presidents…
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Opinion How Terror Attack Hits Raw Nerve for Paris Jews Like Me
People gather outside French embassy in Berlin to say #JeSuisCharlie / Twitter Paris, my city, is under attack. All of France is shocked and shattered. As of 11:00 this morning, French TV channels and radio stations have interrupted their regular programming to cover the story of the attack. On Twitter, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie is now…
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