Media News - Tuesday, November 04, 2008
French weekly censored in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria for ‘attack on Islam’
Morocco's communications ministry announced a ban on distribution of the international edition of the French weekly L'Express for an 'attack on Islam'. Algerian and Tunisian authorities followed suit three days after the 31 October Moroccan decision, the US news agency Associated Press reported Monday. The 30 October to 5 November 2008 issue of l'Express had a cover page headlined 'The shock: Jesus-Mohammed: Their journey, their message, their vision of the world'. A ten-page article inside presented portraits of the founders of Christianity and Islam days ahead of a meeting in Rome of Muslim and Catholic dignitaries on the initiative of Pope Benoit XVI, to 'promote dialogue' between the two monotheist religions. The Moroccan authorities used Article 29 of the press code that authorises banning of publications 'when they strike a blow at the Islamic religion, the monarchy, territorial integrity or respect for the king and public order'. (Reporters Without Borders)
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