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Israeli police close the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem and stop Muslim worshippers from entering the compound.
2023-10-24

Human Rights Watch reports on the use of "horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers" meant to fire multiples of tear gas or stun grenades simultaneously. The Executive Director of the Americas Division, José Miguel Vivanco, publishes a corroborating video reportedly showing a Venom grenade launcher from Combined Systems being used against protesters.
2021-05-10

The president of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, marks the 26th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution by attending an anti-Islam rally in Prague with the "Bloc against Islam" group which supports the president. The rally is also attended by observers from the German protest movement, PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) and Tommy Robinson, a prominent British anti-Islam activist. Zeman tells the crowd of several thousand that they aren't extremists for advocating closing the Republic’s borders to Muslim migrants.
2015-11-17

Human Rights Watch expresses concern over the Egyptian military's level of commitment to handing over power to civilian rule.
2012-06-21

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an influential Muslim cleric and the spiritual leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, issues a fatwa ordering the death of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
2011-02-21

The trial of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges begins in Jakarta.
2011-02-10

Representatives of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are arrested.
2011-02-3

Three muslim rebels are killed following a clash with government security forces in the Southern Philippines.
2011-01-26

Indonesia bans a conference of Asian gay activists, saying it could prompt violent protests by conservative Muslim groups.
2010-03-24

At least five people die and dozens are injured in Nairobi, Kenya, when police clash with protesters demanding the release of Jamaican Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal.
2010-01-15