Cairo Court for Urgent Matters decided Monday, not to rule in the case demanding a circulation ban on two French satirical magazines, Charlie Hebdo and Liberation, over publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, due to its lack of jurisdiction in the matter. The plaintiff and head of the Nidal Center for Freedoms and Rights, Ahmed Ibrahim Soliman told Al Bawaba News that "freedom of expression does not mean displaying contempt for other people's sacred figures". Since 2006, Charlie Hebdo's front page repeatedly carried controversial headlines triggering seething hostile feelings among Muslims. The Paris-based magazine was firebombed in November 2011 after publishing a cartoon of Prophet Mohamed saying "100 whips if you don't die laughing". In February 2015, the magazine was subjected to an even fiercer attack during which 12 journalists were killed, a raid which the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for. Islamic religious leaders, including Egypt's Al Azhar Grand Imam strongly decried the deadly attacks.
