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Newspapers across Europe have reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to show support for a Danish paper whose cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage.
Seven publications in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain all carried some of the drawings.
Their publication in Denmark led Arab nations to protest.
The owner of one of the papers to reprint - France Soir - has now sacked its managing editor over the matter.
Islam forbids portrayals of Muhammad because they are considered idolatrous. One of the offending drawings shows Muhammad's turban as bomb with a lit fuse. In another he turns suicide bombers away from heaven because "We have run out of virgins". The 12 cartoons were the result of a competition, asking Danish cartoonists to draw Muhammad as they imagined him.
After gunmen threatened to **** Danes travelling through the Middle East because of the cartoons, Carsten Juste, the editor of Jyllands-Posten, issued a statement through a Jordanian news agency to try and dampen the controversy but he refused to apologise unreservedly.
"The drawings are not against the law but have indisputably insulted many Muslims, for which we shall apologise," the statement said.
Jyllands-Posten was also included on an al-Qaeda website listing possible terrorist targets. An organisation which calls itself “The Glorious Brigades in Northern Europe” is circulating pictures on the internet which show bombs exploding over pictures of the newspaper and ***** flowing over the national flag of Denmark. “The Mujahedeen have numerous targets in Denmark – very soon you all will regret this,” the website says.
Meanwhile in Brussels a young Muslim immigrant published a poster depicting the Virgin Mary with naked breasts.
Though the picture has drawn some protest from Catholics (though not from Western embassies, nor from the bishops), this artist need not fear being ******** in the street. On the contrary, he is being subsidised by the Ministry for Culture.
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Seven publications in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain all carried some of the drawings.
Their publication in Denmark led Arab nations to protest.
The owner of one of the papers to reprint - France Soir - has now sacked its managing editor over the matter.
Islam forbids portrayals of Muhammad because they are considered idolatrous. One of the offending drawings shows Muhammad's turban as bomb with a lit fuse. In another he turns suicide bombers away from heaven because "We have run out of virgins". The 12 cartoons were the result of a competition, asking Danish cartoonists to draw Muhammad as they imagined him.
After gunmen threatened to **** Danes travelling through the Middle East because of the cartoons, Carsten Juste, the editor of Jyllands-Posten, issued a statement through a Jordanian news agency to try and dampen the controversy but he refused to apologise unreservedly.
"The drawings are not against the law but have indisputably insulted many Muslims, for which we shall apologise," the statement said.
Jyllands-Posten was also included on an al-Qaeda website listing possible terrorist targets. An organisation which calls itself “The Glorious Brigades in Northern Europe” is circulating pictures on the internet which show bombs exploding over pictures of the newspaper and ***** flowing over the national flag of Denmark. “The Mujahedeen have numerous targets in Denmark – very soon you all will regret this,” the website says.
Meanwhile in Brussels a young Muslim immigrant published a poster depicting the Virgin Mary with naked breasts.
Though the picture has drawn some protest from Catholics (though not from Western embassies, nor from the bishops), this artist need not fear being ******** in the street. On the contrary, he is being subsidised by the Ministry for Culture.
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