Reason Magazine

Site Search

Not This Again

Police in Bangladesh arrested cartoonist Arifur Rahman and seized copies of a newspaper supplement containing one of his cartoons. The cartoon made a word play on the name Mohammed, and many Muslims said it insulted their religion. Bangladeshi law allows people to be prosecuted for hurting religious or public sentiments.

Send this article to:

« The Grinch That Stole Free… | Main | The Wrong Man »