Moroccan cartoonist questioned over mosque drawing

NECN
July 26, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/2838/moroccan-cartoonist-questioned-over-mosque-drawing

Excerpt:

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan editorial cartoonist was detained by police after publishing a caricature on his website that they said insulted Islam, the sixth journalist detained in the country in a week.

The prominent cartoonist, Khalid Gueddar, said he was interrogated for six hours on Monday in Casablanca. Gueddar was arrested in 2009 along with another journalist after publishing a caricature of the Moroccan king's cousin. Caricatures of Islam or the royal family are illegal in Morocco. He ultimately received a suspended sentence and a fine of €300,000 ($362,500).

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