Muslim group calls for tightening of PCC code

Posted by Martin Stabe on 9 February 2006 at 10:18
Tags: Freedom of Expression, Muhammad cartoons, Press Complaints Commission

A group of British Muslim scholars have called for a tightening of the law to prevent British newspapers from running the controvertial cartooins of the Prophet Muhammad after holding emergency talks in Birmingham.

The Muslim Action Committee (MAC) are calling for changes to the Race Relations Act and the Press Complaints Commission code.

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