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Publication: BBC News
Date: February 23, 2006
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4743744.stm?
[Comment from the Hindu Vivek Kendra: Will
those who paint pictures of Hindu goddesses in nude, etc., be arrested? Will
those who shout about freedom of expression in support of such painters come
out in support of the magazine? We doubt it. Such is the practice of secularism
in India.]
Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have
arrested the editor of a little known magazine for publishing a cartoon of
the Prophet Muhammad.
Alok Tomar, who edits the Hindi language Senior
India magazine, has been charged with hurting religious sentiments, police
say.
It is not clear if the cartoon had any similarity
to those published in the West satirising Prophet Muhammad.
Those cartoons were first published in a Danish
newspaper last September.
Mr Tomar's colleagues have been quoted in
the media saying the magazine had no intention of offending Muslims.
Islamic tradition prohibits any depiction
of Allah or the Prophet.
The cartoons have led to widespread protests
across the world, resulting in several deaths.
There have also been some low-key protests
in India.