| well, someone has guts .... |
Three weeks ago, Shams, became one of few newspapers in the Arab world to print some of the cartoons. The paper, which is aimed at the country's young people, said it was doing so to mobilise the campaign in Saudi Arabia against Denmark. But whatever the motive behind it, the mere fact of publishing the cartoons does not seem to have gone down well with the authorities.
Sources in Saudi Arabia have told the BBC that the ministry of media and culture has launched an investigation into the paper's decision to print the images. As a result, they say that the ministry has now suspended the paper. Executives at Shams contacted by the BBC did not wish to confirm this, but the paper did not appear on Monday.
Shams was started just two months ago in a tabloid format aimed directly at Saudi young people. There has been nothing like it on Saudi news stands before.
| and you've got to wonder when another one will arise. |