Explore 6abc.com Stories

Recent "islam" Stories, Video and Galleries

  • An unoccupied Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department patrol car is parked across from the home, background, of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man who made the film Innocence of Muslims that has sparked violent protests, in Cerritos, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The filmmaker has received death threats and was forced into hiding, putting his home up for sale, after the 14-minute movie trailer rose to prominence. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
Islam, national/world
  • The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video posted to YouTube that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested for violating terms of his probation, authorities said Thursday.
Tags:
Islam, national/world
  • Protests continued across the Middle East and elsewhere Monday over an anti-Islam film produced in the U.S. ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.
Tags:
Islam, protest, national/world
  • Muslim garb robbery
  • Click play to watch Sarah Bloomquist's report from Action News at 5:00 p.m.
Tags:
6at4, Islam, pennsylvania, philadelphia, local/state
  • Recently, a number of violent criminals have traded in ski masks for traditional Islamic attire.
Tags:
6at4, Islam, pennsylvania, philadelphia, 6abc action news at 4, sarah bloomquist
  • Afghanis protest Quran burning by US military
  • More than 2,000 protested outside an American air base after copies of the Muslim holy book, were burned in a pile of garbage.
Tags:
Islam, protest, afghanistan, u.s. air force, national/world
  • An AWOL soldier accused of plotting to launch an attack on Fort Hood was defiant during his first court appearance on Friday.
Tags:
texas, Islam, military, national/world
  • Some 300 people gathered in Times Square on Sunday to speak out against a planned congressional hearing on Muslim terrorism, criticizing it as xenophobic and saying that singling out Muslims, rather than extremists, is unfair.
Tags:
new york, new york city, terrorism, Islam, national/world
  • Action News
  • Muslims set fire overnight to at least 10 houses belonging to Coptic Christians in a village in southern Egypt over rumors that a Christian resident had an affair with a Muslim girl, security officials said Tuesday.
Tags:
Islam, religion, egypt, national/world
  • Comic book fans will soon be getting their first glimpse at an unlikely new superhero - a Muslim boy in a wheelchair with superpowers.
Tags:
Islam, religion, entertainment
  • NYC Mosque site
  • The conductor burned pages from the Quran outside a planned mosque near ground zero on Saturday.
Tags:
new jersey, New Jersey Transit, Islam, local/state
  • The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site said Monday that a resolution to the raging debate over its location is being examined.
Tags:
NYC mosque, Islam, religion, 9/11 attacks, new york city, new york, national/world
  • President Barack Obama is appealing for religious tolerance, reminding Americans that the "overwhelming majority" of Muslims around the world are peace-loving people.
Tags:
president barack obama, Islam, inside politics
  • Mosque in Berwyn
  • A new mosque recently opened in a Philadelphia suburb, but not many people noticed.
Tags:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, chester county, Islam, local/state
  • The imam behind a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero cautioned Wednesday that moving the facility could cause a violent backlash from Muslim extremists and endanger national security.
Tags:
NYC mosque, Islam, religion, 9/11 attacks, new york city, new york, national/world