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Newspapers across Europe have
reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to show support for a Danish
paper whose cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage. Seven publications in France,
Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain all carried some of the drawings. Their publication in Denmark
led Arab nations to protest. Islamic tradition bans depictions of the
Prophet. The cartoons have sparked
diplomatic sanctions and death threats in some Arab nations, while media
watchdogs have defended publication of the images in the name of press
freedom. Reporters Without Borders said
the reaction in the Arab world "betrays a lack of understanding" of
press freedom as "an essential accomplishment of democracy." The caricatures include
drawings of Muhammad wearing a headdress shaped like a bomb, while another
shows him saying that paradise was running short of virgins for suicide
bombers.
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