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Norwegian and French citizens believe publishing the drawings of Mohammed was a bad idea (Photo: European Commission)

European citizens turn against media in cartoon row

A majority of citizens in France and Norway believe that publishing the controversial caricatures of Islam's prophet Mohammed was wrong and a provocation by the media.

A poll published on Friday (10 February) in French newspaper "La Croix", show that 55 percent of French believe that publishing the cartoons did not serve to further the debate on free speech

The decision to print the cartoons was supported by 38 percent.

Some 35 percent of the participants in the poll said t...

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Norwegian and French citizens believe publishing the drawings of Mohammed was a bad idea (Photo: European Commission)

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