Rabat, Feb. 2 - The Moroccan government condemned, here Thursday, the publication by some European newspapers of offensive cartoons against prophet Muhammad (PBUH) under the fallacious pretext of defending the freedom of speech.
"The caricatures harm the Prophet and are a provocation act that offend Muslims' feelings," said Moroccan government spokesman, Nabil Benabdallah.
Speaking at a press briefing after the government cabinet meeting chaired by Prime minister Driss Jettou, Benabdallah added that these "cartoons, in the name of freedom, target to offend the belief of the Islamic nation."
Earlier, Morocco has banned the distribution of the Wednesday issue of the French newspaper "France Soir" because of the publication of offensive cartoons against prophet Muhammad (PBUH) under the fallacious pretext of defending the freedom of speech.
On Tuesday, the Moroccan Higher Council of Ulema denunciated the smearing cartoons against prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published recently by some European newspapers, and which have "disparaged the feelings of Muslims, and averted them from their objective of establishing concord, peace and rapprochement values" according to a communiqué of the Council.
French, Danish and Norvegian dailies respectively "France-Soir", "Jyllands-Posten" and "Magazinet" had published satiric cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.
