On August 19th of this year a Swedish Cartoonist by the name of Vilks had a picture he drew published in a Swedish newspaper. As you can imagine a cartoon in a newspaper would not receive much attention except if it is a cartoon of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) with the body of a dog! As expected Islamic groups weren’t too happy and a leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq who goes by the name of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi clearly put a $100, 000 price on Vilks head. He also added in an audio tape sent to Sweden that the bounty goes up to $150, 000 if he is ‘slaughtered like a lamb’ and that another $50, 000 will be rewarded to whoever kills Ulf Johansson the editor of the newspaper.
As for Vilks’s reaction some sources state that he laughs the whole thing off and says he expected a higher price on his head. However, other sources state that he has informed the police and that he believes this whole matter was blown out of proportion.
To be honest with you after the reaction the cartoons in Denmark received it was stupid to publish another cartoon of the Prophet! Unless the actual reason behind it is that Vilks and the newspaper he works for want some media attention!
By Karim
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Comments
"...In an expression of solidarity, to stand against attempts to intimidate journalists and publishers, Christian Newswire has once again chosen to make controversial cartoons available to reporters..."
What a great spirit of the 'Christian Newswire', another Zionist attempt to raise rage among the Muslims against the Christians but that won't work especially in Middle East where Muslims and Christians live together in a harmony that don't exist in any where in the world!
Just boycott NOKIA and the company will make all the swedish newspapers applogize to every single citizen in the Arab world :D lol!!!
YAAAY!! Layyko i live in sweden ..:D so shou ra2iykon? hahah.. no im just kiddin.. (A) but here met3awwdin enno the ppl has right to say whatever they want.. but it was really not a good idea after what happend in denmark... your right.. but kamen, for all the muslims, comon, thats nothing to worry about.. i mean its just a cartoon thing so who cares.. in south park they are making fun of jesus and noone reacts.. so just forget it! .. coz he doesnt respect religions so manno 7ada lwa7ad yehtammalo..