AFP reports that an Islamic court in India has issued a fatwa, or religious decree, condemning to death the 12 artists who drew the controversial images of the prophet Mohammed. The decree was issued on behalf of the Idar-e-Sharia Darul Kaza Islamic court in northern Uttar Pradesh state by its religious head in the state capital, Lucknow.Maulana Mufti Abul Irfan, the religious head of the court, said: "Death is the only penalty for the cartoonists who had drawn sacrilegious cartoons of the prophet".
Full article: Indian Islamic court issues fatwa to cartoonists (Sydney Morning Herald)
