When the qibla ( direction of prayer for Muslims ) was changed from Jerusalem ( known in Arabic as al-Quds ) to Mecca, these Jews protested and finally declined the change.

Muslims around the world protested the book's publishing, and Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa sentencing Rushdie to death, saying that the book blasphemed Muhammad and his wives.

Some Muslims felt threatened by what they perceived as an encroachment of the Muslim Personal Law, and protested loudly at the judgment.

Bonnke's visit to Kano in Nigeria in 1991 was marred by the outbreak of riots in the city, as Muslims protested over remarks he had reportedly made about Islam in the city of Kaduna on his way to Kano.

* 2012 Sydney anti-Islam film protests-On the 15th of September 2012, around 300 Muslims protested in response to the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims in Sydney CBD, including Martin Place.

" Echoing such criticism the Council on American-Islamic Relations protested the insinuation that " Muslims have total disregard for human life.

The Muslims protested, and protested angrily on the streets.

This move was most vigorously protested in India, as Gandhi and Indian Muslims united behind the symbolism of the Ottoman Caliph in the Khilafat ( or " Caliphate ") Movement, which sought to reinstate the Caliph deposed by Ataturk.

For some time, Bhatinda remained the capital of the kingdom of Bhatti Rajputs of the Pal clan, who ruled North India before the Muslims occupied the country.

After their conquest of the Visigothic kingdom's Iberian territories, the Muslims crossed the Pyrenees and took control of Septimania in 719, the last province of the Visigothic kingdom to be occupied.

He promoted Western Christians ' fight against the Muslims who had occupied the Holy Land and were attacking the Eastern Roman Empire.

At the time of the 1931 census, Danna had 28 occupied houses and a population of 149 Muslims.

At the time of the 1931 census, Amqa had 212 occupied houses and a population of 895 Muslims.

At the time of the 1931 census, Sakhnin had 400 occupied houses and a population of 1688 Muslims, 202 Christians, and 1 Jew.

At the time of the 1931 census, Sha ' ab had 284 occupied houses and a population of 1, 277 Muslims, 19 Christians and 1 Jew.

By the 1931 census, this had increased to 904 Muslims and 92 Christians, in 224 occupied houses.

Tividale has a relatively high percentage of ethnic minority residents, mostly Muslims of Pakistani origin, but the Princes End and Great Bridge areas are predominantly occupied by white English residents.

Muslims occupied Jerusalem in the 7th Century ( 637 CE ) under the second caliph, Umar Ibn al-Khattab who annexed it to the Islamic Arab Empire.

At the time of the 1931 census, Tira had 380 occupied houses and a population of 2, 190 Muslims and 2 Christians.

By the 1931 census, it had 629 occupied houses and a population of 1321 Christians, 1006 Muslims, 496 Druses, and 1 Jew.

A further 1197 Muslims in 234 occupied houses was recorded for " Shafa ' Amr Suburbs ".

The Spanish proselytized many natives, and labelled those who remained Muslims as Moro, a derogatory term recalling the Moors, an Islamic people of North Africa who occupied Spain for 800 years.

In May 1958 Pieds-Noirs demonstration for French Algeria, including many Muslims, occupied an Algerian government building.

When Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, Muslims saw it as their arch-enemy and many left Bosnia for territories still under Ottoman rule.

In 1931, Umm Khalid had 131 occupied houses and a population of 580 Muslims and 6 Christians.

In 2003 CNI called for the Senate to reject Daniel Pipes as a trustee of the United States Institute of Peace, charging he had “ gone out of his way to say insulting things to Arabs, Palestinians, Muslim Americans, Black Muslims, Muslims and Islam .” In 2005 a representative criticized a World Bank ’ s proposed plan to give Palestinians money to enhance check points, noting that if those checkpoints were in the occupied territories it was against international law.

Another possibility is to do the Northern Route that was first used by the pilgrims in order to avoid travelling through the territories occupied by the Muslims in the Middle Ages.

At the time of the 1931 census, Qalqilya had 796 occupied houses and a population of 3855 Muslims and 12 Christians.

At the time of the 1931 census, Tulkarm had 804 occupied houses and a population of 4, 540 Muslims, 1, 555 Christians, 300 Jews, 100 Samaritans, and 75 Druze.

The full significance of this loss was realised when, about a generation later, the Muslims attacked Delhi region and occupied it, rendering the Gahadavala frontier practically defenceless.

Abduh advocated for all Muslims to unite, return to the true message sent by Allah which gave women equal status, and resist Western Imperialism that had occupied the Moslem World.

As the birthplace of Muhammad and a site of the composition of the Quran, Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam and a pilgrimage to it known as the Hajj is obligatory for all able Muslims.

* 1979 – Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages.

The Imam Husayn Shrine | Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq is a holy site for Shia Muslims

The site is held sacred by Christians, Jews and Muslims ; the name of the area, is el-Muhraqa, an Arabic construction meaning " place of burning ", and is a direct reference to the biblical account.

One option was to erect a barricade around the tomb to prevent Muslims and Jews from visiting the site.

Among Sunni Muslims, the Mount is widely considered to be the third holiest site in Islam.

Muslims view the site as being one of the earliest and most noteworthy places of worship of God.

The Knesset Member condemned the conditions imposed by Muslims upon religious Jews at the site and vowed to work to better conditions.

Just as Muslims pray towards the Kaaba at Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, Jews pray towards the raised platform on which the Dome of the Rock stands.

According to Jewish tradition, the stone is the site where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac ; Muslims believe it was Ishmael, not Isaac, who was to be sacrificed.

Al-Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic :< big > المسجد الاقصى </ big > al-Masjid al-Aqsa,, " the Farthest Mosque ,") also known as Al-Aqsa and Bayt al-Muqaddas, is a holy site for Muslims and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The increased sensitivity of the site meant that in 1996 the Wye River Accords, part of the Arab-Israeli peace process, included a temporary status agreement for the site restricting access for both Jews and Muslims.

Known to Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham it is also thought to be the burial site of Isaac, his wife Rebecca and Jacob and his wife Leah.

The Muslims claim that there is no historical record indicating any destruction, or even the existence of a Hindu Temple at the site when Mir Baqi erected the Masjid in 1528.

Muslims and other critics discount as politically motivated the archeological reports that are relied upon by Hindu groups like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ), Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and Hindu Munnani to lay claim to the Babri Masjid site.

The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second holiest site for Jews ( after the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ), and is also venerated by Christians and Muslims, both of whom have traditions which maintain that the site is the burial place of three Biblical couples: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah.

After Muslims were banned in 1975 from praying at the traditional site for Joseph's tomb, outside Shechem, it was gradually converted to exclusive Jewish use.

The Tomb was sealed with concrete by the religious authorities in 1975 as a result of some Muslims praying at the site.

Eutychius adds that ` Umar also wrote a decree which he handed to the Patriarch, in which he prohibited that Muslims gather in prayer at the site.

* Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council of American Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) called Little Green Footballs " a vicious, anti-Muslim hate site " and says that the FBI has " investigated several threats of physical harm against Muslims posted by Little Green Footballs readers ".

It is now a holy site of pilgrimage for Shia Muslims.

The compound, located in the ancient city of Hebron, is the second holiest site for Jews ( after the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ), and is also venerated by Christians and Muslims, both of whom have traditions which maintain that the site is the burial place of three Biblical couples: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah.