Editor Accused of Insulting Islam Is Slain
From Times Wire Reports
The body of a Sudanese newspaper editor who had been accused of insulting Islam was recovered, a day after he was kidnapped by masked gunmen, officials said.
Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed was editor in chief of the independent daily Al Wifaq. In May 2005, scores of Sudanese demanded a death sentence for Ahmed for insulting Islam by republishing an article from the Internet that questioned the parentage of the prophet Muhammad.
Al Wifaq was fined $3,200 and was temporarily suspended by the government.
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