Swedish newspapers reprint Mohammed cartoon

Leading Swedish newspapers published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog on the 10 March 2010 after the foiling of an alleged plot to kill the artist responsible for the drawing.

Seven people were detained in Ireland on the 9 March 2010 in connection with the alleged plan to murder Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist who has been under threat from Islamic extremists since his caricature of Mohammed was first published in 2007.

Mr Vilks is one of several artists and editors to have faced threats from Islamic extremists vowing revenge for publication of cartoons, which break an Islamic law forbidding depictions of the prophet.

ESO: Background information: Killing freedom and cartoonists http://www.europeansources.info/record/killing-freedom-and-cartoonists/

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