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Re: Mohammed-Karikaturen / Mohammed cartoons
Again Muhammad cartoons in Danish newspapers
Several newspapers in Denmark on Wednesday once again reprinted the Mohammed cartoons, had two years ago triggered an unprecedented wave of protests in the Islamic world. They were responding to the detection of assassination plots against the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard (73) from the previous day. Westergaard had portrayed the Prophet as a dark, bearded man with a bomb, including a burning fuse in his turban.
Clear, unequivocal and active commitment
The largest Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten "had published the twelve cartoons of Mohammed in September 2005 and has been criticized by other local media because of the deliberate violation of the ban on Islamic figure for the Prophet. The editor of the conservative newspaper "Berlingske Tidende", Lisbeth Knudsen, stated on Wednesday for first-time publication of a Mohammed cartoon in her Journal: "The new location with death threats against a Danish cartoonist requires a clear, unequivocal and active commitment to ensure that we Denmark do not accept restrictions on freedom of expression or make us hostages of religious fanaticism.
The police had on Tuesday evening, one of three accused of the murder plan set in Aarhus arrested men, a Dane of Moroccan origin, re-released. Two Tunisians living in Denmark, up to its already had ministerial designation remain in detention. The police intelligence service PET justified the release of the 40-year-old Dane so that in order to thwart an attack "in a very early stage" of the preparations had been reached. The man remains under observation.
Criticism of expulsion
Lawyers complained that there was for the two Tunisians at the age of 36 and 25 years, no legal way to challenge their expulsion. The judicial authorities turned it to a provision in the new anti-terror law, which can be designated a danger to the security of the country, foreigners living in Denmark without judicial review. The only prerequisite is that the secret harbors a corresponding suspicion.
In Stockholm, newspapers reported on Wednesday that the Swedish intelligence service Säpo has also revealed plans for an attack on the artist Lars Vilks. Vilks had published a picture of Mohammed as a dog.
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