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Man extradited to Denmark for Mohammed cartoon plot


A man arrested in Sweden in connection to a plot to bomb the Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed will face trial in Denmark. Tunisian Sabhi Zalouti, 37, will be extradited after the ruling of a Swedish court on Monday. Read the full story

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Naked Mohammed poster politician cleared


A Swedish politician who produced a poster of the Muslim prophet Mohammed standing naked next to his nine year-old wife has been found not guilty of aggravating an ethnic group. Read the full story

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Mohammed axe-man gets nine years and deportation


A Somali man who broke into the home of a Dane who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed has been sentenced to nine years in jail and deportation. Read the full story

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Mohammed cartoons book may refuel Muslim anger


Tensions between Denmark and the Muslim world could be reignited as the man who approved the controversial Mohammed newspaper cartoons prepares to publish a book. Several experts believe that the book, Tavshedens tyranni (Tyranny of Silence), by the culture editor of Jyllands-Posten, Flemming Rose, could place the country even further into the firing line of the already disgruntled Muslim community. Read the full story

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Danish newspaper settles cartoon dispute with Mohammed descendants


politiken-littleDanish newspaper Politiken has announced a settlement in the controversial Mohammed cartoon case, with the new agreement reached with descendants of the Prophet including an apology for any offence caused by the depictions. Politiken has become the first newspaper to do so, much to the dismay of fellow media publications. Read the full story

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Mohammed cartoon draws protests in Norway


oslo-policeAround 2,500 people have marched through the Norwegian capital of Oslo in protest at the printing of a contentious caricature of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed by a local newspaper. Read the full story

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