InFocus | Danish Controversy
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Sunday May 3
Ashraful hands South Africa challenging task
Mohammad Ashraful thrashed the strong South African attack to hit a dazzling 87 runs and help Bangladesh set a challenging 251 for 8 at the Providence Stadium.
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Sunday May 3
Two journalists banned by Yemen court
A newspaper editor and a journalist have been banned from writing for one month by a Yemeni court who found them guilty of demeaning Islam by reprinting controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
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Sunday May 3
Call to choke Arab media websites
A Danish chain e-mail is urging people to take part in an attack on the websites of major Arab media, including Gulf News.
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Sunday May 3
An example of 'cultural extremism'
The blasphemous cartoons published by a Danish newspaper is an example of cultural extremism, said Mohammad Nakhira Al Daheri, Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Awqaf.
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Sunday May 3
Bahrain pressure for apology from Denmark grows
Bahrain's official and popular pressure for an official apology from Denmark for the publication of cartoons offensive to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Muslims intensified on Sunday.
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Sunday May 3
Residents protest against newspaper
Boycott of Danish goods begins in the UAE
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Sunday May 3
UN 'must challenge bigots insulting religion'
The United Nations must challenge all those who attack Islam or other divine religions in the name of freedom of expression, Bahrainis and expatriates yesterday said as they demonstrated in more than ten locations throughout the kingdom.
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Sunday May 3
Embassies in Syria set on fire
Angry protesters set fire to the Danish Embassy in Damascus while Palestinians storm European buildings and burn German and Danish flags in Gaza City over published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.
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Sunday May 3
Protesters seek freeze on trade with EU
Participants of a 500-strong rally in the capital yesterday urged the European Union to officially apologise to the Muslim world for the offensive cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), carried by newspapers in some member countries.
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Sunday May 3
Jordanian editors on trial
Two newspaper editors pleaded not guilty on Sunday to charges of "harming religious feelings" by reprinting caricatures of Prophet Mohammad.
