09-14-2006, 06:36 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060914/wl_st...indiaislammedia
<b>India seizes papers with pope's Islam criticism </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Police in Indian Kashmir seized newspapers carrying Pope Benedict XVI's strong criticisms of Islam and jihad, fearing a Muslim backlash in the flashpoint area.
<b>"We've seized copies of (Indian) newspapers carrying the pope's remarks. It has been done to prevent any tension here,"</b> a police officer said.
Copies of the Indian dailies were impounded at Srinagar's high-security airport when they arrived from New Delhi, he said on Thursday. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now invite pope to India <!--emo&
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<b>India seizes papers with pope's Islam criticism </b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Police in Indian Kashmir seized newspapers carrying Pope Benedict XVI's strong criticisms of Islam and jihad, fearing a Muslim backlash in the flashpoint area.
<b>"We've seized copies of (Indian) newspapers carrying the pope's remarks. It has been done to prevent any tension here,"</b> a police officer said.
Copies of the Indian dailies were impounded at Srinagar's high-security airport when they arrived from New Delhi, he said on Thursday. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now invite pope to India <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
