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December 22, 2006
No. 205

Morocco Bans Magazine for Religious "Jokes"

The Moroccan government has decided to ban the weekly magazine Nichane and is accusing it of "infringement on religion and Moroccans' feelings" because it published "jokes" about the Prophet Muhammad and King Al-Hasan Al-Thani, and on sex.

 Sources: Al-Arabiya.net and L'Aujourd'hui (December 21, 2006)


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