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Ferich · **Holocaust cartoon fair opens in Iran -** 08-15-2006, 12:17 PM

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[quote:3435a]Mon Aug 14, 3:56 PM ET

"We staged this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe in," Masoud Shojai, head of the country's "Iran Cartoon" association and the fair organizer, said.

"They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison," he added.

"Though we do not deny that fact that Jews were killed in the (second world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?" Shojai told the opening ceremony of the month-long fair in Tehran's Palestine Contemporary Art Museum.

He added that around 1,100 cartoons were submitted by participants from more than 60 countries and that more than 200 are on show.[/quote:3435a]

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Ferich is Offline 2nd Lieutenant Posts: 3,517 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Holocaust cartoon fair opens in Iran - 08-15-2006, 12:17 PM [img]http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3656/r4001493342hz9.jpg[/img] http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060814/wl ... aholocaust [quote:3435a]Mon Aug 14, 3:56 PM ET "We staged this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe in," Masoud Shojai, head of the country's "Iran Cartoon" association and the fair organizer, said. "They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison," he added. "Though we do not deny that fact that Jews were killed in the (second world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?" Shojai told the opening ceremony of the month-long fair in Tehran's Palestine Contemporary Art Museum. He added that around 1,100 cartoons were submitted by participants from more than 60 countries and that more than 200 are on show.[/quote:3435a]