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Morocco bans magazine over irreverent jokes
 Morocco's government banned an independent magazine and took legal action against its editors late on Wednesday for an article listing popular Moroccan jokes about religion, sex and politics.
| The article in Arab-language magazine Nichane represented an attack on Islam and went "against morals and customs." |
The Casablanca state prosecutor said the article in Arab-language magazine Nichane represented an attack on Islam and went "against morals and customs", state news agency MAP cited a judicial source as saying. The prosecutor ordered an investigation into the article and began legal action against the editor Driss Ksikes and reporter Sanaa Al Aji. Prime Minister Driss Jettou issued an injunction banning the magazine from being distributed, sold or displayed on the street.
Posted by: Fred 2006-12-22 |
