Prophet mohammed News

Carbon dating suggests that the Quran, or at least portions of it, may actually be older than the prophet Muhammad himself. If the findings are proven true, it could rewrite early Islamic history and shed doubt on the "heavenly" origins of the holy text.

On Wednesday, Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, published a comic book biography of the life of Prophet Mohammed.

The filmmaker behind the anti-Islam film "The Innocence of Muslims" has been sentenced to one year in a U.S. prison for breaching his terms of probation.

Barcelona - The satirical Spanish magazine, El Jueves, has published a magazine cover, showing a line up of men in Islamic outfits as a parody of recent controversial cartoons. The text of the cover reads, "But how do they know which one is Muhammad?"

Los Angeles - Breaking a strict Islamic taboo two ex-Muslim filmmakers are working on high-budget feature length biopics depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

Arab activists have launched a campaign for a mass boycott of Google and YouTube, over claims that Google still provides links to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" in some Arab countries.

Paris - France may become the latest flashpoint for Muslim anger on Wednesday when a French magazine publishes cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammed.

Iran has increased the bounty associated with the long-standing fatwa issued against writer Salman Rushdie. The price now offered on the writer's head has increased by $500,000 to $3,300,000.

Denouncing Muslim attacks on embassies as un-Islamic, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia also called for insults against prophets to be criminalized by governments.

A documentary titled "What if the world did not witness Mohammed?" is being planned by Egypt's main Salafi Nour Party. It is not clear if this is in response to the film which has outraged the Middle East.

Islamist protesters stormed the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday. At the US Embassy in Cairo, demonstrators tore down the American Flag on the anniversary of September 11.

A Kuwaiti man has been convicted on charges of endangering state security by insulting the Prophet Mohammed on his Twitter account.