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March 1, 2008

After Danish Cartoon and German Minister’s Support Yemen Calls for Censorship

by Sarah Wolff, Yemen Times, Yemen - Yemen’s most prominent governmental figures want an international law against the defamation of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) and other religious figures, after the reprinting of an infamous cartoon in Denmark and a call to reprint it again throughout Europe by Germany’s Minister of the Interior.

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Are they going to ban Monty Pyton and the Life of Brian as well...? What is this, the Middle Ages all over again?
We should be able to laugh at all religious figures, and have the right to do so.

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