Anger as Papers Reprint Cartoons of Muhammad
Guardian Unlimited, UK
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Newspapers in France, Germany, Spain and Italy yesterday reprinted caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, escalating a row over freedom of expression which has caused protest across the Middle East.
France Soir and Germany's Die Welt published cartoons which first appeared in a Danish newspaper, although the French paper later apologised and apparently sacked its managing editor.
The caricatures, printed last September in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten newspaper and reprinted by a Norwegian magazine, have provoked uproar across the Middle East. Italy's La Stampa printed a smaller version on an inside page yesterday, while two Spanish papers, Barcelona's El Periódico and Madrid's El Mundo, carried images of the cartoon as it appeared in the Danish press.
The pictures also appeared in Dutch and Swiss newspapers.The front page of the daily France Soir carried the defiant headline: "Yes, we have the right to caricature God" .The centre-right Die Welt also ran the caricature on the front page.It described the protests as hypocritical, pointing out Syrian TV had depicted Jewish rabbis as cannibals.
On the net, Iraqi groups threatened attacks against the 500 Danish soldiers in southern Iraq. Muslim hackers have tried to shut the Danish newspaper's website.
Feb 02, 2006
Guardian Unlimited, UK
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Newspapers in France, Germany, Spain and Italy yesterday reprinted caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, escalating a row over freedom of expression which has caused protest across the Middle East.
France Soir and Germany's Die Welt published cartoons which first appeared in a Danish newspaper, although the French paper later apologised and apparently sacked its managing editor.
The caricatures, printed last September in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten newspaper and reprinted by a Norwegian magazine, have provoked uproar across the Middle East. Italy's La Stampa printed a smaller version on an inside page yesterday, while two Spanish papers, Barcelona's El Periódico and Madrid's El Mundo, carried images of the cartoon as it appeared in the Danish press.
The pictures also appeared in Dutch and Swiss newspapers.The front page of the daily France Soir carried the defiant headline: "Yes, we have the right to caricature God" .The centre-right Die Welt also ran the caricature on the front page.It described the protests as hypocritical, pointing out Syrian TV had depicted Jewish rabbis as cannibals.
On the net, Iraqi groups threatened attacks against the 500 Danish soldiers in southern Iraq. Muslim hackers have tried to shut the Danish newspaper's website.
Feb 02, 2006
