French court acquits paper that printed prophet caricatures

Posted by Robert on March 22, 2007 10:22 AM

A welcome morsel of anti-dhimmitude from France. But of course, this suit should never have been allowed to proceed in the first place. From [1] AP, with thanks to Morgaan Sinclair:

PARIS (AP) - A French court cleared a satirical weekly newspaper Thursday in a case brought by Muslims who were angered by its publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

The newspaper Charlie-Hebdo and its director, Philippe Val, were accused of "publicly abusing a group of people because of their religion.'' Val had risked a six-month prison sentence and a fine of up to $29,250.

The trial last month drew nationwide attention in a country with Europe's largest Muslim community and a strong commitment to freedom of expression and secularism.

Journalists and politicians have testified and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy sent a letter of support for the weekly.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/03/french-court-acquits-paper-that-printed-prophet-caricatures.html

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