French Editor Fired Over Cartoons

(BBC News) Jacques Lefranc, the editor of France Soir, has been sacked by the newspaper's owner, Raymond Lakah, a French Egyptian. France Soir printed a new cartoon on its front page showing Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian holy figures sitting on a cloud, with the caption, "Don't worry Muhammad, we've all been caricatured here."


2006-02-02 00:00:00

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