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Lebanese Cartoonist Had To Defend Drawing of Sayyed Nasrallah

February 29, 2012 · Mustapha Hamoui

This caricature has landed famous Lebanese cartoonist Pierre Sadek in hot waters (Arabic) with “the people of the resistance”. I’m looking at it and I honestly can’t see why anyone would be offended by it. Unless the very portrayal of a man of religion is forbidden, but last time I check such reverence was reserved for the Prophet only..