Swedish Muslims Seething, Suing
Charles Johnson
Tue Sep 4, 2007 at 6:55 pm PDT • Views: 334
The Swedish Muslim Federation has nothing better to do than to sue the newspaper that printed the dreaded roundabout dog sketches of blasphemy: Swedish Muslim group to sue newspaper over Muhammad drawing.
A Swedish Muslim group on Tuesday said it plans to sue a local newspaper for publishing a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body. The Nerikes Allehanda newspaper in Orebro printed the cartoon made by artist Lars Vilks in an August 19 editorial that criticized Swedish art galleries for not displaying Vilks’ art.
Mahmoud Aldebe, chairman of the Swedish Muslim Federation, said the group would sue the newspaper for inciting hatred against ethnic groups. “It ridicules our religion. This is discriminating and insulting… they want to see just how far they are able to go by pushing the boundaries of press freedom,” he said.
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