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French Magazine Published Mohammed Cartoons, France Beefs Up Security Abroad
by Patrick Brennan https://www.legal-project.org/3139/french-magazine-published-mohammed-cartoons Excerpt: In its most recent issue, Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, has chosen to publish obscene cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed and making light of the video which prompted condemnatory violence across the Muslim world last week. This is in a long line of blasphemous humor from the magazine: In 2008, they published a satirical "Pope Issue," and in 2011, a "Mohammed issue." Predictably, the former resulted in an unsuccessful court action for inciting hatred, while the latter prompted a fire-bombing of the magazine's offices. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Blasphemy in the Muslim World, Islamist Violence or Threats of Physical Violence Against Speech, Pressure Tactics Against Free Speech, Willful Blindness & PC Problems receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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