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/ 29 March 2008

Muslim nations condemn Dutch Qur’an film

Muslim nations on Friday condemned a film by a Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Qur’an of inciting violence, and Dutch Muslim leaders urged restraint. Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Freedom Party, launched his short video on the internet on Thursday evening, prompting an al-Qaeda-linked website to call for his death.

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/ 13 February 2008

Prophet Muhammad cartoon republished

Danish newspapers on Wednesday reprinted one of the 12 drawings of the Prophet Muhammad that caused global Muslim outrage two years ago, to protest against a plot to murder one of the cartoonists. The republication of the cartoon showing Muhammad holding a bomb drew criticism from Muslims, who said it would only stoke anger.

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/ 12 February 2008

Danish police foil attack on Muhammad cartoonist

Danish police on Tuesday arrested several people suspected of planning to attack one of the cartoonists who drew controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad for Denmark’s biggest daily in 2005, police said. Intelligence agency PET ”conducted a police operation in the Aarhus region … to prevent a murder linked to terrorism”, PET chief Jakob Scharf said.