Kurt Westergaard
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Kurt Westergaard (born July 13, 1935) is a Danish cartoonist who created the controversial cartoon of the Muslim prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban. This cartoon was the most contentious of the 12 Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which received strong and sometimes violent reactions from Muslims and others worldwide.[1][2]
On February 12, 2008, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service PET announced the arrest of three people—two Tunisians and one Dane of Moroccan origin—alleged to have been planning the murder of Westergaard.[3]
Following the release of Geert Wilders' film Fitna, which used Westergaard's cartoon without permission, Westergaard made a cartoon depicting Wilders with a bomb and a sign which reads: "Danger! Freedom of expression".[4]
Kurt Westergaard has been awarded the Sappho Award, an award given by the Free Press Society in Denmark to a 'journalist who combines excellence in his work with courage and a refusal to compromise'.[5][6]
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- ^ Buch-Andersen, Thomas (October 3, 2006). "Denmark row: The power of cartoons". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5392786.stm. Retrieved on February 12 2008.
- ^ "70,000 gather for violent Pakistan cartoons protest". Times Online. February 15, 2006. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article731005.ece. Retrieved on February 12 2008.
- ^ "Danish cartoons 'plotters' held". BBC News. 12 February, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7240481.stm. Retrieved on February 12 2008.
- ^ Peters, J. (2008-03-31). "Westergaard tekent Wilders" (in Dutch). SpitsNieuws. http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/archives/binnenland/2008/03/westergaard_tekent_wilders.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ Jyllands Posten, Danish Newspaper
- ^ Jyllands Posten, Danish Newspaper
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