French Weekly Banned in Morocco

Cover of the international version of L'express magazine.

Current issue of French weekly, L'express, has been banned in Morocco for alleged "blasphemy against Islam's prophet," the French daily reported. Apparently what triggered the ban from the Moroccan authorities' perspective, was the depiction of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) on the magazine's cover, though in the international publication, the prophet's face is smudged. There are seveal foreign language publications in Morocco where the prophet's face is shown, and so far, it's not clear if the Moroccan authorities had scores to settle with L'express, or really found the photo offensive.