French court backs magazine over Prophet cartoons

by Thierry Leveque, James Mackenzie and Andrew Dobbie
Reuters
March 12, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/333/french-court-backs-magazine-over-prophet-cartoons

Excerpt:

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Wednesday upheld a ruling in favor of a magazine that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, rejecting an appeal by a Muslim group which said they incited hatred of Islam.

The cartoons, published in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in February 2006, originally appeared in a Danish newspaper five months earlier.

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