Iraqis protest against anti-Islamic Danish cartoons

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Iraqis protest against anti-Islamic Danish cartoons
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - With fiery sermons and raucous demonstrations, Iraqis called for an investigation into Danish and Norwegian publications carrying cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed.

Iraq is the latest Muslim country to enter the fray over the cartoons, which has seen the withdrawal of ambassadors, boycotts of products and widespread Muslim condemnation of the Danish government's stance.

On January 10, the Norwegian Christian publication Magazinet reprinted the 12 satirical cartoons as a gesture of solidarity with the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, which originally ignited the controversy in September.

The publications, who describe the whole affair as an attack on freedom of expression, have been supported by their governments and professional association.

Muslims both in Denmark and around the world have protested the cartoons, which include portrayal of the Prophet wearing a time-bomb shaped turban and show him as a wild-eyed, knife-wielding bedouin flanked by two women shrouded in black.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060127/wl_mideast_afp/iraqdenmarknorway

Here's a link to the cartoons...

http://www.newspaperindex.com/blog/2005/12/10/un-to-investigate-jyllands-posten-racism/