Ian Black, Middle East editor - Tuesday January 9, 2007 The Guardian
Retelling other people's jokes can have serious consequences, as two Moroccan journalists have found to their cost as they face charges of insulting Islam and offending public morality - and a possible prison sentence of up to five years.
The case against the Arabic weekly Nichane has serious implications for press freedom and highlights tensions between hopes for liberalisation and Islamist opinion outraged by what the magazine says was a harmless survey of the nation's sense of humour.
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