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October 05, 2012

USA Today: Europe's fight over free speech flares up again

by Stuart Braun
USA Today

BERLIN — Bans on an anti-Islam video. Forbidding protests against it. Arrests for blasphemy.

The ongoing furor over a video and cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet Mohammed has reignited old dilemmas over free speech in Europe, with calls for stricter blasphemy laws, bans on protests and debates over how much free speech to allow.

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