2005-2014

A French newspaper has reproduced a set of Danish caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have caused outrage in the Muslim world. France Soir said it had published the cartoons to show that "religious dogma" had no place in a secular society. Their publication in Denmark led to protests in several Arab nations. Responding to France Soir's move, the French government said it supported...

The US Congress has condemned major IT firms for helping China censor the internet. In China, web forums are carrying angry comments. Members of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus said that Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Yahoo were putting profits before the principle of free speech. "With all their power and influence, wealth and high visibility, they neglected to commit to the kind of positive...

JAKARTA - Indonesian Muslims on Thursday conveyed their anger over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad published in a Danish newspaper to a visiting Red Cross official from the country, reports said. Dozens of people picketed the governor's office in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar during a visit by Danish Red Cross secretary-general Jorgen Paulsen. "Please tell your country...

Amman (dpa) - The owners of Jordan's Shihan Weekly on Thursday fired the paper's editor for republishing three of the 12 Danish cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammed which have triggered outrage in the Arab world and a campaign to boycott Danish products. "The Arab Printers Company which owns Shihan Weekly has decided to fire its editor Jihad Momani as of Thursday after republishing the...

AMMAN, Jordan In one of several Middle Eastern protests Thursday, a Jordanian newspaper took the bold step of publishing the Danish caricatures of Prophet Muhammad that have outraged Muslims, saying it was reprinting them to show readers "the extent of the Danish offense." The Arabic weekly Shihan ran three of the 12 cartoons, including the one that depicts Muhammad as wearing a turban shaped like...

DUBAI – "Freedom of expression is one thing, but it should not be confused with acts of inciting feelings, which is what has happened in Denmark." This was how many responded to an ongoing survey by Khaleej Times on the publication of cartoons insulting Islam as a religion. "America took objection to the way Al Jazeera was covering the Iraq war, saying such coverage was inciting anti-American...

PARIS, Feb. 1 -- Newspapers across Europe reprinted cartoons Wednesday ridiculing the prophet Muhammad, saying they wanted to support the right of Danish and Norwegian papers to publish the caricatures, which have ignited fury among Muslims throughout the world. Germany's Die Welt daily newspaper published one of the drawings on its front page and said the "right to blasphemy" is one of the...

HONG KONG, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Hong Kong newspapers have carried editorials in the past few days, criticizing Taiwan authority leader Chen Shui-bian's recent "Taiwan independence" remarks. Chen Shui-bian proposed on Jan. 29 in his lunar new year speech abolishing the "National Unification Council (NUC) and the National Unification Guidelines" and "applying for United Nations membership under the...

Away from the main Congress venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, a group of media editors and CEOs huddled for a day to ponder the future of news. Will the quality journalism they take pride in practising today continue to have the resources needed to nourish it? The Americans were clearly anxious. Wall Street is punishing them for the print media's lack of growth prospects in the...

SANA'A- The Yemen Female Media Forum (YFMF) have joined hands to launch a new newspaper for the organization. Al-Raidah, which means ‘The Pioneer’, is 16 pages long and is issued monthly. It covers the state of women working in the media and the obstacles they face. In the first issue YFMF published a summary of the situation of Yemeni women in the media and the severe conditions they face in...