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Egypt’s Islamists demand French action on
cartoons
Thursday September 20, 2012 11:47:30 PM,
Agencies
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Cairo:
Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood demanded Thursday that
France act against cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed in the
same way as against the topless pictures of Prince William’s wife
Catherine.
Its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), called for
“firm and rapid measures against the (French) magazine” Charlie
Hebdo which printed cartoons mocking the prophet on Wednesday.
The movement, from which President Mohammed Mursi emerged, pointed
out that “the French judiciary has taken dissuasive measures
against a magazine which published the photographs” of the former
Kate Middleton, the British royal.
French authorities on Tuesday banned the magazine Closer from any
further publication or resale of the pictures and launched a
criminal investigation into how they were obtained.
The FJP also stressed “the tough stand (of French authorities)
against those who deny the Holocaust” in France, according to AFP.
France has been bracing for a backlash following the publication
of the Mohammed cartoons -- two of which portray the founder of
Islam naked -- by Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly.
In anticipation of potential protests on Friday, the Muslim day of
prayer, Paris said it would shutter its diplomatic missions,
cultural centers and French schools in around 20 Muslim countries.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said anyone offended
by the cartoons could go to court, but he also stressed that in
France “freedom of expression is guaranteed, including the freedom
to caricature.”
Charlie Hebdo’s editor, Stephane Charbonnier, accused the French
government of pandering to its critics by criticizing the magazine
for being provocative.
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