The concept of freedom of expression in the media has a different meaning depending on whether you ask a journalist, an editor or a cartoonist. These different and sometimes opposing views of media freedom emerged during a panel discussion organised by the Right2Know (R2K) campaign in Cape Town on Wednesday[…]
Pakistani students are clashing with police during protests against the French satirical magazine that was attacked last week for publishing images of the Prophet Muhammad. The clashes broke out Friday afternoon when the protesters started heading toward the French consulate in the southern port city of Karachi. The protesters began[…]
French President Francois Hollande insisted Thursday that any anti-Muslim or anti-Semitic acts must be “severely punished,” as he sought to calm rising religious tensions after his country’s bloodiest radical attacks in decades. With 120,000 security forces deployed to prevent future attacks, nerves jumped overnight when a car rammed into a[…]
Charlie Hebdo has made a defiant return with a new issue that sold out across France in record time, as al-Qaeda posted a video claiming last week’s deadly attack on its cartoonists. The satirical weekly once again featured what the artists said was the Prophet Muhammad on its cover, but[…]
Iran on Wednesday condemned the “provocative” publication of a new caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, calling it an insult to Islam. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says the publication of the cartoon “provokes the sentiments of Muslims the world over.” Iran[…]
A top leader of Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch has claimed responsibility for last week’s attack on Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo when two masked gunmen killed 12 people, including much of the weekly’s editorial staff and two police officers. Nasr al-Ansi, a top commander of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or[…]
Whilst freedom of speech is a fundamental human right that needs to be protected, there also needs to be an adherence to the responsibilities that accompany such freedom, according to the South African Muslim Network’s (SAMNET) Annisa Essack. Her statements came in response to Wednesday’s first publication by French satirical[…]
The French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo is due to publish another cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammed (SAW) on the cover of its first issue since assailants killed 12 people at its offices in Paris. In response, lecturer at UNISA, Dr Auwaise Rafudeen said there is a need to educate the[…]
The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a cartoon of the Islam’s Prophet Muhammad on the cover of its first issue since assailants killed 12 people at its offices. The newspaper Liberation hosted Charlie Hebdo’s staff as they prepared the new issue. More than three million copies[…]
As many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris attacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen, police officials said Monday. Two French police officials also told The Associated Press[…]
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