Sunday, September 24, 2006

Egypt shows its commitment to freedom of expression
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has banned editions of two French and German newspapers, Le Figaro and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, because of articles deemed insulting to Islam, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

Under a decree issued by Information Minister Anas el-Feki, the two editions will not be able to enter the country, it said.

"They published articles which disparaged Islam and claimed that the Islamic religion was spread by the sword and that the Prophet ... was the prophet of evil," it added. Egypt bans European papers for comments on Islam
Mark Alexander

5 comments:

Mark said...

It seems that there isn't. Good point, well made, USIP!

cybercrusader said...

The fact is that Islam has been spread by the sword for 1400 years. Why the big denial as this is verifiable hundreds of times over. Why don't the Muslims want the truth told? THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT THE TRUTH BEING TOLD ABOUT THEIR RELIGION. WHY IS THAT, DO YOU SUPPOSE?

leelion said...

all that aid money to Egypt has been well spent then

Mark said...

USIP:

Muslims don't want the truth because the truth shows up Islam for what it really is: an aggressive political ideology hell-bent on taking over the world!

Mark said...

Welcome back, Leelion!

Talking of aid, I think it's crazy for the US to waste all that money, money it so desperately needs to finance its war, on aid to countries such as Egypt. It's not appreciated by these people anyway.