 Controversial ... a Danish newspaper has republished the cartoon of Muslim prophet Mohammed. |
ONE OF Denmark`s biggest newspapers republished the controversial drawing of Muslim prophet Mohammed less than a day after a plot to kill the cartoonist was foiled.
The cartoon depicting the prophet with a bomb under his turban has appeared on the homepage of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper – as well as being published three times on a page featuring the story of the plot to kill Kurt Westergaard.
Yesterday, three men accused of conspiring to kill Westergaard were arrested by Danish authorities.
Westergaard produced one of a series of drawings of Mohammed published by the newspaper in 2005, sparking outrage around the world and forcing the publication’s management to implement security precautions for its staff.
Editor-in-chief at the Jyllands-Posten, Carsten Juste, said the publication of the cartoon was not in breach of any laws and Westergaard should not have been the target of any threats of violence.
“It is appalling that as a reward a man who to the best of his ability goes about his work and carries it out in accordance with Danish law, the Danish media ethics code and Danish media traditions was demonized and had his life threatened,” Juste said on the newspaper’s website.
“We are grateful to the Danish authorities for protecting our colleague competently and professionally.”
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