Morocco bans French magazine for 'insulting' Islam

The Moroccan government banned on Sunday the most recent issue of the French magazine L'Express International for insulting Islam. Information Minister Khalid Naciri said that he had no choice because Article 29 of the Moroccan press code forbids publications damaging to Islam or the monarchy. Naciri told the Associated Press: "Our country should not be used by anyone to spread articles that could be prejudicial to our religion or undermine public order." The cover story of this week's L'Express was titled "The Jesus-Muhammad Shock" and discussed the relationship between Christianity and Islam. The magazine's Internet site said that it doesn't understand Morocco's reaction.