Wednesday, February 01, 2006
POWERFUL SIGN OF RESPECT
Those Big Mo cartoons have now cost a French newspaper editor his job:
The owner of French newspaper France Soir on Wednesday dismissed the publication’s managing editor after the paper reproduced a set of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed first published in Denmark that have created an uproar in the Muslim world.
France-Soir owner Raymond Lakah said in a statement to AFP he “decided to remove Jacques Lefranc as managing director of the publication as a powerful sign of respect for the intimate beliefs and convictions of every individual.”
“We express our regrets to the Muslim community and all people who were shocked by the publication” of the cartoons, the statement added.
M. Lakah is a bolo.
(Via Natalie Solent)
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