A Paris appeal court confirmed the acquittal of Philippe Val, editor of the Paris-based satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo , on charges of insulting Muslims by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2006.
The court issued its decision
in response to an appeal by the Union of Islamic Organisations of France and the World Islamic League against his acquittal by a Paris criminal court on 22 March 2007. The prosecutor’s office, which had requested his acquittal by the criminal court,
asked the appeal court to uphold his acquittal.
Two Muslim organizations and are demanding 782.00 euros in damages from the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for supposed incitement to racial hatred following the publication in September of cartoons inspired by the Innocence of Muslims film.
A hearing is scheduled for January 29, 2013 before the 17th Chamber of the Paris Criminal Court.
Both associations, the Algerian Democratic Rally for Peace and Progress (RDAP), and the United Arab Organization (OAU) and Saada Zaoui, who is
president and general secretary, claimed the Weekly to also be guilty of racial vilification.
No doubt this attack on free speech will end up inciting more actual hatred of islam than the cartoons ever did.
A Paris appeal court confirmed the acquittal of Philippe Val, editor of the Paris-based satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo , on charges of insulting Muslims by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2006. 
Two Muslim organizations and are demanding 782.00 euros in damages from the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for supposed incitement to racial hatred following the publication in September of cartoons inspired by the Innocence of Muslims film.
