Second Yemen paper shut for printing Islam cartoons

Posted by Robert on February 9, 2006 3:51 PM

More editors in the Islamic world take their lives into their hands. From [1] Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas:

SANAA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Yemen closed down on Wednesday a second newspaper that reprinted controversial caricatures of Prophet Mohammad, an official at the information ministry said.

The official said the English-language Yemen Observer would be shut until further notice. The newspaper published the inflammatory cartoons last week, he added.

On Monday, the ministry ordered the closure of a small, Arabic language newspaper for printing the cartoons which first appeared in a Danish daily in September.

The prosecution also issued an arrest warrant for its editor-in-chief, who is also its owner, on charges of offending Islam and the Prophet.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/02/second-yemen-paper-shut-for-printing-islam-cartoons.html

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