“Islam” on The Daily Caller

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country’s top telecommunications officials. (more)

“Sharia law requires Muslim leaders to extend religious tolerance to Christians and Jews.” (more)

Iran’s ayatollahs are showing frustration with Iranians leaving Islam for Christianity in large numbers despite the threat of execution for apostasy. (more)

Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders defended his views about Islam in an intense and extensive interview with The Daily Caller. (more)

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and some of his colleagues in Congress are trying to prevent U.S. law enforcement and intelligence organizations from teaching their personnel about the enemy. (more)

Radio talk show host Dennis Prager told The Daily Caller that he believes American Muslims can revitalize Islamic civilization. (more)

In 2002 a group of armed Palestinians occupied Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. During the 39-day standoff, they held scores of Christian hostages and converted one of Christianity’s holiest sites into their bunker. Even though wanted militants were in the church, the Israeli Army refused to enter. Instead, to avoid possibly damaging the site, the Israelis negotiated a peaceful resolution to the standoff that allowed many wanted terrorists to go free. (more)

The president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) has some harsh words for opponents of his appointment to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). (more)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a “mosque outreach” program to compile information on American Muslim organizations and “their constitutionally-protected beliefs and activities, without any suspicion of wrongdoing,” according to documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union. (more)

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Five” on the Fox News Channel, the show’s panel took a shot at the “left-leaning” Public Policy Polling group poll conducted in Alabama and Mississippi in which one of the questions asked, “Do you think Barack Obama is a Christian or a Muslim, or are you not sure?” (more)

The Pennsylvania judge who dismissed charges against a Muslim man for physically attacking another man who was wearing a “Zombie Muhammad” Halloween costume has temporarily been relocated due to threats and criticism of his ruling. (more)

The Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for an investigation into the use of White House funds for the New York Police Department’s surveillance of local Muslim communities. (more)

A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed charges against a Muslim man who physically attacked an atheist dressed as “Zombie Muhammad” during the Mechanicsburg, Pa. Halloween parade. (more)

Iran’s economy is struggling because of crippling new restrictions on the country’s financial system, but no amount of sanctions will keep the mullahs from their headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons, which they hope will help usher in Islamic dominance of the world. The religious leaders believe it is their responsibility, as foreshadowed by the Quran, to bring about nuclear war to facilitate the coming of the last Islamic Messiah. (more)

A trial court located in the Gilan Province of Iran has sentenced Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani to death for the crime of converting from Islam to Christianity. (more)

On Tuesday a prosecutor in Egypt ruled that a 15-year-old Coptic Christian boy must remain in custody for at least 15 days while an investigation is conducted into whether he posted cartoons on Facebook depicting the Prophet Muhammad. (more)