4 people in Istanbul police custody for publishing cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, denigration of religious values – Middle East Monitor

Four individuals were taken into police custody on Tuesday in Istanbul in connection with the publication of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Anadolu reports.

The detentions came as part of an ongoing investigation launched ex officio by Istanbul prosecutors for the crime of “publicly insulting religious values.”

The cartoon, featured in the June 26 edition of satirical magazine Leman’s, alluded to the recent Israel-Iran conflict and portrayed the…

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