Egypt: Danish newspaper scandal sparks Egyptian ban of 4 western papers
Posted by Barbara Nguyen on February 20, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Yesterday, Egypt suspended the sale of four western newspapers for featuring pictures it considers offensive to Islam. An order issued by Information Minister Anas al-Fiqi, forbade the distribution of Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Welt, Britain's Observer and the US Wall Street Journal, the official MENA news agency reported.
"Any newspaper or magazine which publishes anything offensive to the Prophet...and reprints the offensive caricatures of the prophet or anything offensive to the three heavenly religions will be banned," Fiqi said.
The ban comes in response to the recent Danish newspaper scandal in which 17 of the country’s papers published a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban.
Source: AFP
"Any newspaper or magazine which publishes anything offensive to the Prophet...and reprints the offensive caricatures of the prophet or anything offensive to the three heavenly religions will be banned," Fiqi said.
The ban comes in response to the recent Danish newspaper scandal in which 17 of the country’s papers published a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban.
Source: AFP
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