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Political Islam Shutting Down Newspapers, Video Games, Fun

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In North Africa you can't publish a magazine if it offends Muslims:

Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have banned this week's issue of L'Express International, a French news magazine, saying its cover story titled "The Jesus-Muhammad Shock" offended Islam.... The newsweekly L'Express said on its Web site that the series of articles comparing Christianity and Islam was inspired by a meeting this week in Rome between Christian and Muslim scholars, which aims to "help the dialogue between Islam and Christianity." L'Express said it did not understand the ban on its international edition in North African countries, particularly because of the pains it took to adhere to Islamic norms. The magazine covered the face of Islam's prophet, Muhammad, with a white veil in side-by-side cover portraits of Jesus and Muhammad, in line with Islamic law.

Which is weird, because I've never heard of an example where adherents of political Islam tried to enforce arbitrary fascist dictates. Cf. outrage and death threats over video game themes, video game music, and video game gambling machines. Actually that last example is more about gambling than video games, but I needed a third example and it was at the bottom of the bookmarks folder.

References:
* French magazine banned after some say it offends Islam [JPost]
* Hypocrisy 2.0 Islamic Groups Condemn A Macabre Anti-Muslim Video Game. [Jewish Policy Center]
* Sony submits to Islam [Elder]
* Russia: Jihad against slot machines [Jihad Watch]

Previously:
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Political Islam Lets You Choose Between Blowing Yourself Up Or Getting Bludgeoned To Death With Rocks
* Islamic Radicals Launch Assault on Affection
* It's Not the Fanaticism That Scares Us, It's the Fascism

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