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What we're going to look at now, is the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy:

[19. wiki: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]:

The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis) (Danish: Muhammedkrisen)[1] began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam. The newspaper announced that this was an attempt to contribute to the debate about criticism of Islam and self-censorship. Muslim groups in Denmark complained, and the issue eventually led to protests around the world, including violent demonstrations and riots in some Muslim countries.[2]~~


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The controversial cartoons of Muhammad, as they were first published in Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 (English version). The headline, "Muhammeds ansigt", means "The face of Muhammad".


[20. [19: September 2005 Jyllands-Posten cartoons of Muhammad (English version) | archived]: https://archive.is/kriTT]:

Cartoons of Muhammad

Posted 2006-02-01 19:32 GMT

(AINA) -- The cartoons depicting Muhammad, first published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September.

  1. https://archive.is/kriTT/4f946bceb9619b83bdce0e72957ea0902cc88c49.jpg
  2. https://archive.is/kriTT/0e21328da0689996eb231e41fff011d21659b521.jpg
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  6. https://archive.is/kriTT/8ce417201da45ef71bb0d3eeda8709997e190679.jpg
  7. https://archive.is/kriTT/c5a7a65f498e05ae69906e2ea8f0f0c7adc808b4.jpg
  8. https://archive.is/kriTT/c62bc51ecf3ec58e565d51480040e630b39f0595.jpg
  9. https://archive.is/kriTT/d49e50c9af8c50e11e194c00947e56aa729e8044.jpg
  10. https://archive.is/kriTT/bf6de831f546b83a1d0b1741d144cd04ef681717.jpg
  11. https://archive.is/kriTT/2639ecd8a7c933bf96ab5e791fd81564c40e0154.jpg
  12. https://archive.is/kriTT/a6e8a064db78df63b1a61343d06141d16cdfddd5.jpg

I want to direct your attention to the image in 8th position in the above link:

The image in question corresponds with the image "in the center", described in the following:

[21. wiki: Descriptions of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons]:

And in the centre:

  • A police line-up of seven people wearing turbans, with the witness saying: "Hm... jeg kan ikke lige genkende ham" ("Hm... I can't really recognise him"). Not all people in the line-up are immediately identifiable. They are: (1) A generic hippie, (2) right-wing politician Pia Kjærsgaard, (3) possibly Jesus, (4) possibly Buddha, (5) possibly Muhammad, (6) generic Indian Sikh or possibly Danish stand-up comedian Omar Marzouk, and (7) journalist and writer Kåre Bluitgen, carrying a sign saying: "Kåres PR, ring og få et tilbud" ("Kåre's public relations, call and get an offer").

Something strikes me as odd, regarding the persons depicted or supposedly depicted in the image in question here. I'll just provide some references for extra reading for now, then get back to the timeline of events regarding the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy...

[22. wiki: Pia Kjærsgaard]

[23. wiki: Kåre Bluitgen]

[24. https://translate.google.com - Danish to English: [wiki: Omar Marzouk] | https://archive.is/OcQbc]

[25. https://translate.googleusercontent.com - Danish to English: https://journalisten.dk/pris-pa-partisan-torklaedet | https://archive.is/BoaYw]


Let's take a quick look at the timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, specifically - a couple of things need to be pointed out, we'll start at 2010:

[26. wiki: Timeline of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]:

2010

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September

8 September

German Chancellor Angela Merkel honours cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. He received the M100 media prize for his "courage" to defend democratic values despite threats of violence and death. The Central Council of Muslims in Germany criticized the award ceremony.[272][273]

10 September

A small explosion at Hotel Jørgensen in Copenhagen was described by the police as an accident with a letter bomb that was meant to be sent to Jyllands-Posten.[274]

28 September

A 37-year-old Iraqi Kurd that was arrested in Norway earlier that year suspected of planning unspecified terrorist attacks confessed that one of his targets was Jyllands-Posten.[275]

30 September

The journalist Flemming Rose published his 500-page book Tavshedens Tyranni (Tyranny of Silence) on the fifth anniversary of the first publishing of the cartoons.[276]

5 October

The newspaper destroyed an edition of its weekend supplement, Uke-Adressa, before it was distributed. The reason was a satirical drawing by the newspaper's cartoonist, Jan O. Henriksen, that editor Arne Blix in subsequent interviews stated was in conflict with editorial policies. Blix declined to give details of the drawing or the reason for its unacceptability, however according to Henriksen the depiction was of Kurt Westergaard holding one of his Mohammad drawings.[277]

13 October

Denmark's foreign minister Lene Espersen met in Cairo with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar on 13 October 2010 and stated that the hurt caused to Muslims from cartoons lampooning Muhammad was "very regrettable".[278] She denies that this should be interpreted as an apology for the drawings, stating "I explained that the people of Denmark has no wish to violate or hurt the feelings of others. We do not wish to demonize anyone, we are a tolerant people. And then I explained our constitutional right to free speech, and they understood".[279]

December 2010

  • In December 2010, WikiLeaks published a classified diplomatic cable that had been written in September 2006 by James P. Cain, the United States Ambassador to Denmark at the time. It reported that the Jyllands-Posten had decided against reprinting the cartoons on the first anniversary of the original publication, and observed: "Our discreet discussions with the paper and with senior Danish government officials underscore both how close we came to another potential crisis and how much the defense of free speech and domestic political calculations remain paramount for the government and for many Danes."[280] 29 December

Five men were arrested in connection with an suspected plot to stage a gun attack of the offices of the Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen. Jakob Scharf, the head of Denmark's PET intelligence agency, described the men as "militant Islamists". Four of the suspects, including Munir Awad, were detained in Denmark, and the fifth was detained in Sweden.[281][282][283]

2011

17 February

Commemorating the demonstrations in Benghazi on 17 February 2006 that were initially against the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, but which turned into protests against Gaddafi, the National Conference for the Libyan Opposition plans a coordinated protest by all anti-Gaddafi groups.[284] The ensuing "Day of Revolt" or "Day of Rage" against Muammar Gaddafi develops into the Libyan Civil War.[284][285][286]

2012

In January Oslo District Court found two men guilty of planning a terror attack against Jyllands-Posten and the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.[287] In October Borgarting Court of Appeal upheld the convictions and sentenced one of the convicted who is of Uighur origin to eight years in prison and the other who is of Iraqi Kurdish origin to three years in prison. The former has appealed the sentence to the Supreme Court of Norway.[288]

2013

In February, few days after the assumed assassination attempt of Lars Hedegaard, The Islamic Society in Denmark stated that it had been a mistake to go to Lebanon and Egypt in 2006 to show the caricatures of Muhammad.[289]

In March, Kurt Westergaard and his Danish gallery "Galleri Draupner" released a new edition of the Muhammad cartoons. The first one was made in 2000 for the Danish art museum in Ferderikshavn and the second and third were made for Jyllands Posten. They were all handmade, printed, framed, numbered (only 40 were printed) and sold in an all-leather box on a special event in the gallery in Skanderborg.

We'll update our running timeline in the next thread, after we look at something else which needs to be included.


As part of filling in the timeline, we will now take a look at Charlie Hebdo's involvement:

Incidentally, this will link to reference 9.

Continued ahead in comment 3...


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