In September 2005, twelve cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad were published in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten daily and then reprinted in a Norwegian magazine in January 2006. The cartoons included a portrayal of the prophet wearing a time-bomb-shaped turban and show him as a wild-eyed, knife-wielding bedouin flanked by two women shrouded in black.
The cartoons sparked an uproar in the Muslim world, where images of the prophet are considered blasphemous. ...
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