Lizzy TomeiSeptember 20, 2012 16:44

The "terrorist" designation is significant given criticism the administration has received from Republicans claiming that the White House has tried to downplay a threat that some believe heavier monitoring might have prevented.

'Innocence of Muslims' to stay up on YouTube, judge rules

Talia RalphSeptember 20, 2012 15:19

"Innocence of Muslims," the movie that sparked protests throughout the Muslim world, will stay up on YouTube despite a lawsuit by one of the film's actresses.

US issues travel warning for Pakistan as protests continue (VIDEO)

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 20, 2012 13:11

More than 2,000 protesters tried to reach the US embassy inside a guarded enclave in Islamabad on Thursday, but were blocked by riot police using batons and tear gas.

Was Ambassador Christopher Stevens on an Al Qaeda hit list?

Jessica PhelanSeptember 20, 2012 09:27

The claim raises further questions about whether the US consulate in Benghazi was adequately protected.

Libya attack was terrorism, but not planned in advance, officials says

Lizzy TomeiSeptember 19, 2012 19:28

Speaking at a Senate hearing, National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen said that the attack appears instead to have been an opportunistic act of terrorism in the midst of protests over a film denigrating Islam.

Anti-US protests: Was it all politics?

Erin CunninghamSeptember 20, 2012 06:24

CAIRO, Egypt — The anti-American furor that gripped downtown Cairo last week may actually say more about local political rivalries than anyone’s views about the United States or Islam. After all, it was Salafi groups, more conservative than, and politically at odds with, the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, that made the first calls for protests. And it was a Salafi-funded television station that first broadcast the controversial film.

French Foreign Ministry closes embassies following Muhammad cartoon

Stacey LeascaSeptember 19, 2012 11:34

Following the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a French satirical magazine, the French Foreign Ministry shuttered several embassies and international schools in 20 countries.

John HughesSeptember 19, 2012 07:14

The challenge of Islam: What America should do now

A strategy of tough love is the best course.

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Yemeni protesters gather around fire during a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Sanaa over a film mocking Islam, on Sept. 13, 2012. Yemeni forces managed to drive out angry protesters who stormed the embassy in the capital, with police firing warning shots to disperse thousands of people as they approached the main gate of the mission. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)

America and its allies have been challenged in contemporary times by three dangerous “isms.” Fascism was bred in Nazi Germany and defeated in Europe. Communism, now a fading force, was nurtured in Russia, but confronted on a global platform. Islamist extremism, which exploded on American soil on September 11, 2001, is rooted in the Arab lands of the Middle East, and in the light of recent events is clearly still with us. What should America do about it?

Egypt issues arrest warrant for pastor Terry Jones, 7 others over anti-Islam movie

Jessica PhelanSeptember 18, 2012 13:09

They are wanted on charges of what the Egyptian prosecutor general called "insulting the Islamic religion, insulting the Prophet and inciting sectarian strife." The charges carry the death penalty.

In Asia, anger over 'freedom of speech' defense for anti-Muslim filmmaker

Patrick WinnSeptember 18, 2012 12:49

BANGKOK — Gathered by the hundreds in a monsoon downpour, Muslims outside the US Embassy in Bangkok shouted down America and called for retribution against the makers of the low-budget, Prophet Mohammed-mocking video “Innocence of Muslims.”