Paris Mosque Probably Won’t Appeal

About the only new news I can glean from articles on yesterday's exoneration of Charlie-Hebdo and Philippe Val on charges "publicly abusing a group of people because of their religion" is that the initial impulse of La Grande Mosquee de Paris is to not join co-plaintiff the Union of Islamic Organizations in France in their planned appeal. This statement at the mosque's web site from Dr. Dalil Boubakeur says the group feels justified by statements in the decision that their bringing the suit was just, and that while political pressure may have come down on the side of the caricaturists, the court's decision could also be seen as a warning against this kind of speech.
 
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