The young girl growing up in a harem in Morocco is sitting alone in an abandoned house surrounded by olive trees. For one month, the girl will speak to no one and be spoken to by no one. This is her punishment for “stepping outside the permissible space” and rebelling against rules that give her brothers more freedom. Read full article > >

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Artist Lalla Essaydi challenges stereotypes of women in Islamic cultures

Days before his arrest in Pittsburgh last month, Khalifa Ali al-Akili posted a remarkable message on his Facebook page: A mysterious man who spoke often of jihad had tried to interest Akili in buying a gun, then later introduced him to a second man, whom Akili was assured was “all about the struggle.” Read full article > >

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Documents provide rare insight into FBI’s terrorism stings

Zachary Adam Chesser, the 22-year-old Oakton High School graduate who converted to Islam as a teen and pleaded guilty last year to terrorism-related charges, represents the future of online Islamist radicalization, according to a report to be released Monday by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Read full article > >

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Oakton High grad guilty in terror case is cited in report on future of Islamist extremism

The office of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly, had recently published an issue “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad in recognition of the Islamist party that won the Tunisian elections.

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Charlie Hebdo Magazine in Paris Is Firebombed

An alleged plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad is outlined in a Chicago court.

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Mumbai accused ‘in Danish plot’

A Somali who attacked the home of a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad is jailed for nine years.

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Danish cartoonist attacker jailed

A Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad tells a court a man who broke into his home meant to kill him.

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Cartoonist ‘faced certain death’

Four men are arrested in Denmark for a suspected plot to attack a newspaper which published Prophet Muhammad cartoons, police say.

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Danes hold four ‘in cartoon plot’

On Sunday, almost 2.5 million Muslims will embark on the annual hajj pilgrimage to an encampment near the holy city of Mecca, retracing the Prophet Muhammad’s journey some 1,400 years ago. Over five days, the pilgrims, traveling by foot, public…

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2.5M Muslims Begin Pilgrimage

Relatives of a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad say they will appeal against her conviction.

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Pakistani death sentence appeal

Three men held in Norway are suspected of planning attacks avenging cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, police say.

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Norway suspects ‘in cartoon plot’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.

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Merkel defends Danish cartoonist