Controversial Muhammad Cartoon Goes on Sale

Some copies are signed by artists in hiding

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 8, 2009 3:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – Three years after political cartoons of the prophet Muhammad sparked violent riots in Muslim countries, the Denmark Free Press Society is selling prints of the controversial art. Some of the 1,000 copies, priced at $250 each, are signed by the artist, who remains in hiding due to death threats, reports the Huffington Post.

Pakistani protesters chant slogans to condemn the reproduction of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers last summer in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

Pakistani protesters rally against Denmark to show their anger against the reproduction of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers, Friday, March 7, 2008, in Multan, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

Pakistani protesters burn a representation of the Danish flag last year to protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in Danish newspapers. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committees burn a Danish flag during a protest rally in Gaza City last year. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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AmericaPrevails

Apr 10, 2009 10:54 AM CDT

Spreading like Christianity? You can't even compair the Muslim religion to Christianity, RD. sophisticated men, have chosen in their sophistication to neglect the notion, of a God who loves, them, and who created them with the express purpous of knowing them. Case in point! Wait for it............No.. keep waiting........RD! Lol. Do some more research buddy, Christianity doesn't call for blind faith in a God who sits on a cloud.

Robert_Dada

Apr 9, 2009 12:59 PM CDT

Yep, spreading like Christianity. See all the good that did. Timmy: I am full of faith - in myself; not some imaginary entity hovering everywhere / nowhere.

Timinator2K

Apr 8, 2009 9:18 AM CDT

With Islam spreading like a cancer throughout Europe, don't be surprised if sharia law executions on violating infidels breaks loose all over. RD, I find your lack of faith disturbing.

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