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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (7105)	5/30/2006 9:32:28 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Editors jailed over cartoons Herald Sun ^ \| 31 May 2006 A JORDANIAN court today jailed two newspaper editors for "attacking religious sentiment" by reprinting cartoons deemed offensive to Prophet Mohammad, their lawyer said. Jihad Momani, former editor of the weekly Shihane tabloid, and Hisham al-Khalidi, editor-in-chief of the tabloid Al-Mehwar, "were each sentenced to two months in prison", lawyer Mohammed Kteishat said. Mr Kteishat said he would appeal the verdict. The defendants have been on bail since their arrest in February for printing the drawings, first published in September by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The cartoons were subsequently re-published by numerous mainly European papers, triggering the fury of Muslims around the world, sparking often violent protests and triggering a boycott of Danish goods in several Muslim countries. Momani and Khalidi both pleaded not guilty. Their arrests have been condemned by international press watchdogs, who say journalists should not be jailed for what they publish. Early in February, King Abdullah II said insulting the prophet was "an unjustifiable crime ... that could not be justified on the pretext of freedom of expression".

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (7105)	5/31/2006 10:16:26 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

Ever hear of Defense Regulation 18B in Britain during WW2? en.wikipedia.org Defence Regulation 18B was the most famous of the Defence Regulations used by the British Government during World War II. It allowed for the internment of people suspected of being Nazi sympathisers. The Cabinet decided in favour of widespread detentions of the far right on May 22, which required an amended version of the Regulation - 18B (1A). One of the first to be arrested, in the early morning of May 23, was Oswald Mosley. Popular reaction was strongly in favour, with one reader writing to The Times to note with satisfaction that news of Mosley's arrest had been carried in the fifth column. By December 1940, there were more than a thousand detainees in custody.