France Bans Muhammad Cartoon Protests -- Christian Science Monitor
The country's Interior Ministry announced it will crack down on any kind of protest against the cartoon that denigrated the Muslim prophet.
France confirmed on Friday it would allow no street protests against cartoons denigrating Islam's Prophet Muhammad that were published by a French magazine this week.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls said prefects throughout the country had orders to prohibit any protest over the issue and to crack down if the ban was challenged.
"There will be strictly no exceptions. Demonstrations will be banned and broken up," he told a news conference in the southern port city of Marseille.
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More News On France's Reaction To Mohammad Cartoon Protests
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France faces Muslim storm over cartoons -- Euronews
France in embassy alert over Prophet Muhammad cartoons -- BBC
French Muslim leader urges calm as magazine reprints Muhammad cartoon -- National Post/Reuters