A new European cartoon crisis

Leaders of the Arab European League face time in the courtroom, and possibly prison, after the group published a cartoon on its Web site that appeared to denigrate Jews, reports the BBC:

The cartoon shows two men standing near a pile of bones at "Auswitch" (sic). One says "I don't think they're Jews".

The other replies: "We have to get to the six million somehow." [...]

AEL chairman Abdoulmouthalib Bouzerda said the charges proved "what Muslims have been saying for decades".

"Freedom of expression is only a pretext to make life bitter for Muslims... and if [they] try to bring this hypocrisy to light, that right is denied them."

The incident bears echoes of the 2005 cartoon crisis in Denmark, where caricatures of the prophet Muhammad printed in several newspapers sparked violent protests across Europe.