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'Plot' to kill Denmark cartoonist

The cartoons provoked outrage around the world among devout Muslims [GALLO/GETTY]

A Danish citizen of Moroccan descent and two Tunisians have been arrested in connection with a plot to murder a cartoonist whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused an uproar in 2006.

The Danish security service said on Tuesday the arrests were made after lengthy surveillance to prevent a "terror-related killing" that was being planned.

The arrests were made near Aarhus in western Denmark.

The Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said it expected the 40-year-old Danish citizen to be released pending further investigation.

The Tunisians will remain detained while deportation proceedings are brought against them.

Worldwide outrage

According to Jyllands-Posten, the newspaper that originally published the cartoons in September 2005, the suspects are accused of planning to kill Kurt Westergaard.

Westergaard, 73, a staff cartoonist at Jyllands-Posten who has been accused of being both anti-Semitic and anti-Christian in the past, drew the cartoon that caused the most controversy.

The paper reproduced that drawing on its website on Tuesday.

At the time, the cartoons drew little initial attention but were later reprinted outside Denmark, provoking outrage among Muslims, most of whom deem any depiction of the prophet as offensive.

Three Danish embassies were attacked and at least 50 people were killed in rioting in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

from Al Jazeera

3 comments:

Unknown said...: Hi, but one thing wonders me, why doesn't CNN and other news cite dare to show the cartoon so that people can see how ridiculous it is that muslims are so outraged.; 3:13 AM
Anonymous said...: With comments as stupid as this "CNN's Paula Newton said the arrests reinforced growing fears in Europe that radical Islam was trying to suppress free speech" one must wonder at CNN for sure. I would not be supprised to learn that CNN agrees with the crazies!
Most main stream media is only in support of free speach as long as it is their own.; 5:15 AM
SM Schwartz said...: This is such a hard issue.

First, the arrogance if the Muslims in feeling they can impose their religion on everyone is bizarre. Imagine what would happen if the Pope were to create a riot everytime someone made a cartoon of Jesus or paraded in a nun costume?

Second, try looking at this from the POV of the government of Denmark or CNN. Suppose that a vigorous defence .. including publishing the pix in public places. led to riots and deaths?

Would you be willing to scarifice those lives even for free speach?

For that matter, last night I watched a Hamas cartoon about killing my people. This WAS freely shown on Fox. Some even suggested it was funny and degrading to muslims. It chilled me.; 3:04 PM