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TechnoratiSwedish papers publish Mohammed cartoon
Leading Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog after the arrest on Tuesday by Irish police of seven Muslims suspected of plotting to murder the cartoonist.
Four men and three women were arrested in the Irish towns of Cork and Waterford on Tuesday in an operation coordinated with US and European security agencies.
Police say they were plotting to assassinate Lars Vilks, who has a 74,000-euro bounty on his head from an Al-Qaeda-linked group after the cartoon was published in a regional daily, Nerikes Allehanda in 2007 alongside an editorial on freedom of expression.
The Dagens Nuheter and Expressen papers published the cartoon on Wednesday in a sign of solidarity with Vilks and called on the Swedish state to provide him with “all the protection he needs”.
Vilks said on Tuesday that he is not worried by the threats to his life.
“I’m not shaking with fear, exactly, he told the IT news agency.
Comments (3)
Stupid
This is so stupid
Shame on this person .. who don't know whats mean by others respect.
Humantiy and freedom of speech
We all need to determine the difference between human rights and freedom of speech. Ethically not acceptable to write against any religion regardless of whatever the circumstances are. A pro writer should know and they do know where one should feel he is crossing his boundaries. It’s sad to see such behaviour from an educated individual.
Stop hurting the humanity and work for its betterment.
cartoon
Where can we go to see this cartoon?
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