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What Happened in the Attack and Aftermath Two brothers claiming allegiance to Al-Qaeda attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices in retaliation for the magazine's caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Defending this shrine — where Shiites believe the Prophet Muhammad’s granddaughter is interred — served as a rallying cry for Shiites throughout the region to support former Syrian President Bashar Assad against Sunni insurgents.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Clerics in Mecca, Saudi Arabia — the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad — will look for the crescent moon to confirm the start and end of the fasting month.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Again, such descents are common across many cultures: the Prophet Muhammad’s night quests in the Isra and Mi’raj; the Yoruba orisha Obatala; Dante Alighieri’s trip to the inferno; the Buddhist monk Phra Malai’s journey to Naraka to offer his teachings.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Defending this shrine — where Shiites believe the Prophet Muhammad’s granddaughter is interred — served as a rallying cry for Shiites throughout the region to support former Syrian President Bashar Assad against Sunni insurgents.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Clerics in Mecca, Saudi Arabia — the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad — will look for the crescent moon to confirm the start and end of the fasting month.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Again, such descents are common across many cultures: the Prophet Muhammad’s night quests in the Isra and Mi’raj; the Yoruba orisha Obatala; Dante Alighieri’s trip to the inferno; the Buddhist monk Phra Malai’s journey to Naraka to offer his teachings.
—Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
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“The Prophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Prophet. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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