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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb 6, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A court in South Africa has barred the Sunday Times from reprinting the cartoons that have led Muslims in several countries to stage protest rallies.
The newspaper said the Jamiat-ul Ulama group requested it not publish the cartoons although the newspaper had not decided to do so, reports the BBC.
The report said when the newspaper refused to make such a promise, the group decided to ask the court to intervene.
The Sunday Times may challenge the ruling on grounds of press freedom under South Africa's constitutional guarantees.
Last week, the Mail & Guardian reprinted one of the cartoons on its international news page, illustrating a story about the protests elsewhere in the world, the BBC reported.
"We are aware of the sensitivities regarding the cartoons, and the editorial team was discussing whether these sensitivities should be given more weight that the right of non-Muslim readers to see the depictions that had caused huge offense in other parts of the world," a statement published by the Sunday Times said.
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