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April 9, 2007
France: Muhammad's Picture Blurred From Textbook
More pre-emptive surrender, this time in France: Prophet's face blurred in French textbook
PARIS, April 6, 2007 (AFP) - A French publisher said Thursday it had blurred the face of the Prophet Mohammed in painting reproduced in a history textbook after teachers warned it could spark protests by Muslim students. The publisher Belin confirmed a report in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which said it had digitally masked the face of the prophet in a reproduction of a 13th-century miniature painting.Charlie Hebdo, which was acquitted earlier this month on charges of insulting the Muslim religion for printing cartoons of the prophet, published the miniature in question in its latest issue.
Belin defended its decision to blur the image in a letter to several teachers who wrote to it to contest the move.
"After presenting our new schoolbook to your fellow history and geography teachers in a number of schools, several told us that such a presentation of the Prophet Mohammed would today be perceived as provocative..." the letter said.[...]
In other words; we were afraid they'd protest, so we caved it immediately. These are the little defeats that end up being bigger defeats later on.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at April 9, 2007 9:26 PM
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Muslims terrorism is effective, clearly.
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at April 11, 2007 5:55 PM
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