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COPENHAGEN - When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, including one in which he is shown wearing a turban shaped as a bomb with a burning fuse, it expected a strong reaction in this country of 5.4 million people. But the paper was unprepared for the global furor that ensued, including demonstrations in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, death...

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen replied to harsh criticisms derived from his supportive attitude to the insulting cartoons that the newspaper Jyllands Posten published about the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Rasmussen, despite criticisms and calls, repeated he will not meet with the ambassadors of 11 Muslim countries, including Turkey, in Copenhagen. The ambassadors asked for an appointment...

Last September, Danish author Kåre Bluitgen was set to publish a book on the Muslim prophet Muhammad, but couldn't find an illustrator. Artistic representations of the human form are forbidden in Islam -- so three artists turned down Bluitgen's offer to illustrate the book, fearing they would pay with their lives for doing so. The largest newspaper in Denmark, Jyllands-Posten, in turn asked for...

Srinagar : Shops and establishments in most parts of Kashmir Valley were closed Thursday to protest a Danish newspaper publishing a caricature of the Prophet and the alleged desecration of the Quran in Sopore town. The strike call was given by the separatist Hurriyat Conference group led by Syed Ali Geelani. The Kashmir bar association and other groups supported the shutdown. Authorities have made...

The Ministry of Water Resources has instituted two awards for media reporting on 'water'. One award is regarding the print media in the category of best published researched story and the other is for the electronic media for thought provoking telecasted docu-feature. The award in each category consists of Rs 50,000 in cash, a trophy and a citation. Besides, awards have also been instituted on...

The country which shows the maximum respect for press freedom is now under threat from Islamic fundamentalists. Death threats have been made against two cartoonists ? whose names are being withheld for security reasons ? after 12 cartoons of Mohammed appeared in the conservative daily Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen. NOT FUNNY: The newspaper has hired security staff to protect the journalists after...

COPENHAGEN -- The ambassadors of Muslim countries to Denmark have protested against 12 newspaper caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed in a letter to Denmark's prime minister, his office said on Thursday. An Islamic group also threatened to carry out attacks in the Scandinavian country over the affair, media reported. Images of the prophet are considered blasphemous under Islam. The 12...

A Danish daily's decision to print twelve cartoons featuring Muslim prophet Mohammed could prove costly for Denmark. Experts fear the caricatures could increase the risk of Denmark becoming the target of a terror attack. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten features in recent propaganda images circulating on the internet. The images show bombs exploding over pictures of the newspaper, and blood flowing...

The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) has announced three winners for this year's Courage in Journalism Awards to honour journalists from Bangladesh, Germany and Iran who have faced death threats, braved war zones and reported on events and people with integrity and insight. Since 2000, nine journalists have been killed in Bangladesh and reporters are routinely harassed and beaten up...

A number of Muslim states with embassies in Denmark have complained to the government after a newspaper published cartoons of Muslim prophet Mohammed Daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten's decision to print twelve cartoons featuring Muslim prophet Mohammed has caused a stir among Muslim countries, daily newspaper Politiken reported on Thursday. A number of Muslim countries with embassies in Denmark...