GagWatch

Not one, but two Muhammed cartoon stories (yes, it is still trundling along), both lifted from Media Watch Watch.

First the good news. The state prosecutor has called for the dismissal of the court case brought by two French Muslim groups against satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, saying that the cartoons denounce terrorists’ use of the Muslim faith but do not damage Islam. A verdict was expected March 15.

Not so good is the news that the 19-year-old editor of a Cambridge student magazine has been moved to secure accommodation and is facing disciplinary proceedings after republishing one of the cartoons. The student magazine, Clareification, printed a cropped copy of the cartoon of Muhammed next to a photo of the president of the Union of Clare Students, with a caption suggesting that one was a “violent paedophile” and the other was “a prophet of God, great leader and an example to us all.”

The paper had been renamed Crucification for a special edition on religious satire.

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