Danish Cartoon Fallout

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September 2008
- Koran More Feminist Than Bible: Scholar
  
  Radio Free Netherlands | Sep 2, 08 11:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Certain passages in the Koran give women more freedoms than the Bible, a Dutch philosopher tells Radio Free Netherlands. On the site bibleandkoran.net, Marlies ter Borg compares texts on economic independence, marriage, and divorce from both books to dispel what she calls misconceptions about the Islamic faith. "In many ways, the Koran is more modern than the Bible," she says. More »
June 2008
- Danish Embassy Bomb Kills 8 in Pakistan
  
  BBC | Jun 2, 08 7:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - At least eight people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad today, reports the BBC. At least one embassy worker was among the dead, but no Danish nationals. The attack may be linked to a series of threats on Danish embassies since a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, considered offensive to Islam, was reprinted in Danish newspapers in February. More »
March 2008
- Host Blocks Anti-Koran Film's Website
  
  Associated Press | Mar 24, 08 5:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Amid public outrage, a right-wing Dutch lawmaker has run into a new problem in his relentless quest to market his anti-Koran film: His US-based network provider has suspended service, AP reports. Network Solutions pulled the plug on Geert Wilders, who insists his 15-minute film will expose Islam's holy book as "fascist," saying the site may violate its terms of service. More »
- Prominent Italian Muslim Baptized by Pope
  
  Associated Press | Mar 23, 08 6:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Italy's best-known commentator on Islam converted to Catholicism yesterday at the Vatican, during Easter vigil, and was baptized by the Pope himself, the AP reports. Though Magdi Allam was born a Muslim, he said he "never" practiced his native religion, and made his name criticizing Islamic fanaticism, receiving death threats in the process. More »
- Afghans Protest Cartoons, Film
  
  Reuters | Mar 22, 08 7:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Thousands of Afghan protesters burned Dutch and Danish flags yesterday in a protest against a Danish cartoon and a Dutch film said to insult Islam. They called for the Dutch and Danish embassies to be closed and for their troops serving with NATO in the country to be expelled, Reuters reports. The 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammad with a bomb in his turban was recently reprinted in Dutch newspapers after the cartoonist received death threats. More »
- Bin Laden Threatens Europe
  
  Associated Press | Mar 19, 08 8:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Osama bin Laden threatened Europe today with "severe" retaliation over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, the AP reports. The audio recording of bin Laden surfaced on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, though he made no mention of it, and a day before the Muslim world celebrates Muhammad's birthday. One expert said the voice appeared to be bin Laden's, but he noted that it had no reference points to show when it was recorded. More »
- Mohammed Cartoon Goes on the Market
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 1, 08 9:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most controversial of the Danish cartoons that sparked fierce Muslim protest in 2005, is looking to sell his drawing. The sketch of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban has sent Westergaard into hiding, under police protection, and potential buyers may be scared off at the prospect of a similar backlash. But ideas for the drawing's fate abound, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
February 2008
- Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless
  
  Der Spiegel | Feb 20, 08 11:11 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Danish cartoonist who enraged the Muslim world in 2005 with his depiction of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is now homeless, Der Spiegel reports. Kurt Westergaard, 73, has been thrown out of his police-protected hotel room—where he was sent when authorities uncovered a plot to kill him—because he’s “too much of a security risk.” More »
- Republished Danish Cartoon of Prophet Muhammad Ignites Tensions
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Feb 19, 08
  
  More than two years after the publication of cartoons in European newspapers depicting the prophet Muhammad unleashed a heated debate and a fury of rage among Muslims that left more than 50 people dead, the controversy has been reignited with the republication of one of the cartoons in Danish and Dutch newspapers, stirring talk of everything from boycotts to severing of diplomatic ties.
- 3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad
  
  Bloomberg | Feb 13, 08 6:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - After yesterday's arrest of three men allegedly plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist, the country's three largest newspapers all reprinted the offending cartoon, Bloomberg reports. Kurt Westergaard's controversial depiction of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban was originally printed in 2005 by Jyllands-Posten , which reproduced it again today. More »
- Bust in Terror Plot to Kill Danish Cartoonist
  
  CNN | Feb 12, 08 7:29 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Danish police this morning arrested several people suspected of plotting to assassinate a cartoonist who had offended Muslims with a cartoon insulting the prophet Mohammed. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten , which published a set of controversial cartoons in 2005, said the attempt was against one of 12 illustrators, Kurt Westergaard, who drew the prophet wearing a bomb with a lit fuse as a turban. More »
January 2008
- Danish Museum to Buy Muhammad Cartoons Which Sparked Global Riots
  
  Art Newspaper | Jan 31, 08
  
  More than two years after the publication of cartoons in European newspapers depicting the prophet Muhammad unleashed a heated debate and a fury of rage among Muslims that left more than 50 people dead, the controversy has been reignited with the republication of one of the cartoons in Danish and Dutch newspapers, stirring talk of everything from boycotts to severing of diplomatic ties.
- Danish Museum Pursuing Provocative Islam Cartoons
  
  Der Spiegel | Jan 30, 08 8:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Denmark's Royal Library says it wants to acquire the cartoons of Muslim prophet Mohammed that sparked international protests and violence in 2006, Der Spiegel reports. The library wants to preserve the drawings but won't likely display them in the foreseeable future for fear of stoking controversy. The Danish prime minister described the unrest as Denmark’s worst international crisis since World War II. More »
November 2007
- Cartoon Row Over, a Danish Muslim Rises
  
  Times (UK) | Nov 10, 07 5:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - With Denmark holding early elections on Tuesday, the Times of London profiles the probable kingmaker in the next parliament: a hugely popular Syrian immigrant and secular Muslim. After the worldwide uproar over cartoons depicting Mohammad, Naser Khader founded the New Alliance party to counter anti-Muslim sentiments. Now, polls predict his party will hold the balance of power and Khader will get to pick the next prime minister. More »
February 2007
- After the Danish Cartoon Controversy
  
  Meforum.org | Feb 1, 07
  
  On February 5, 2006, at the height of the tension following the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Muslim protesters torched Denmark's embassies in Beirut and Damascus. While many in the West looked on with bewilderment, protests spread across the Muslim world, and stores in Muslim areas removed Danish products from their shelves. Even as the cartoon crisis captured headlines around the world, most people outside Denmark remain unfamiliar with the forces propelling it. Like the Salman Rushdie affair before it and the furor over Pope Benedict...