Arab Editor Fined for Blasphemy

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December 29, 1929

Jerusalem (Dec. 27)

The editor of the Haifa paper, “Al Nafir,” has been sentenced to pay a fine of $50 for an article in his paper that was adjudged blasphemous to Judaism.

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