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THE BBC and Channel 4 risked a Muslim backlash yesterday by showing ' blasphemous' cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that have caused outrage in the Islamic world.
With Palestinian gunmen threatening abductions after newspapers in Europe reprinted the caricatures, the corporation broadcast the images on its main news bulletins as they had appeared in one French paper.See the full content of this document
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Bbc Shows the Islam Cartoons
More significantly, they were also shown on BBC World the international channel seen around the globe, including the Middle East.
No British news organisation had previously shown the cartoons, which were first printed by a Danish newspaper. The BBC showed the cartoons on the Six O'Clock News in shots of the French paper Paris Soir as did Channel 4 News, Sky News and Five News.Last night, the Muslim Association of Britain branded the...See the full content of this document
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