May
29
Faced With Muhammad Cartoon, D.C. Metro Bans Issue-Oriented Ads
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Washington D.C.’s transit authority yesterday decided to ban all issue-related advertising on commuter buses and trains in the nation’s capital. The ban was prompted after the American Freedom Defense Initiative sought to place ads featuring a cartoon of Muhammad.
According to U.S. News & World Report:
The cartoon is a sketch by artist Bosch Fawstin of a turban-wearing, sword-wielding man saying “You can’t draw me!” It won a “draw Muhammad” contest in Garland, Texas, that was unsuccessfully attacked by Muslim-American roommates earlier this month.
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