Swedish newspapers republish Mohammed cartoons after assassination plot uncovered

by Infidelesto on March 10, 2010 · Comments

Yesterday there was a plot uncovered in Ireland where 7 people were arrested with conspiracy to assassinate Lars Vilks, the original creator of the Mohammed cartoon.  In a noble act of defiance, 3 Swedish newspapers republished the cartoons. Bravo…

Lars Vilks, the author of the Mohammed CartoonSTOCKHOLMAt least three Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the artist who created it was uncovered in Ireland.

The controversial drawing by Swedish artist Lars Vilks was printed in Stockholm papers Dagens Nyheter and Expressen and the Malmo daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet.

Irish authorities on Tuesday detained four men and three women suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to kill Vilks. Irish police said Wednesday those arrested were two Algerians, two Libyans, a Palestinian, a Croatian and an American woman married to one of the Algerian suspects. They were not identified by name.

Sydsvenska Dagbladet said it printed the drawing as part of its news coverage of the alleged plot. Expressen said it printed it for its news value and to take a stance for the freedom of speech.

Here’s the cartoon (Caution to Muslims, you may find the following image offensive)

Mohammed Cartoon Lars Vilks

Mohammed Cartoon Lars Vilks

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    MUHAMMAD
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    http://www.saaid.net/islam/9.htm
  • hellosnackbar
    Of course we aware of Mohammed a man whose diseased mind and teachings continue to blight the minds of the faithful, 1400 years after his demise.
    Hopefully it won't be another 1400 years before he is reviled as one of history's monsters.
    Wonderful man eh? if your wonder is confined to barbarism?
    Pus and damnation be upon him!
    May Allah's constipation cause her intractable pain!.
  • Isahiah62
    Sweden is also the nation BOYCOTTING ISRAEL for soldiers having to fight for their lives against TURKISH thugs on the oxymoronically named "humanitarian flotilla"

    FREE GAZA FROM HAMAS !!

    and Norway is also a jewhate fro HAMAS nation
    USA will not be long joining the AXIS of EVIL with OButthead as prez
  • Mohammedsukmycock
    teach you for having incompetant soldiers you should of learned something of the germans in world war 2.
  • zafar
    kanjar tum pr allah ki ret ke zaru k brabr laant
  • Kal_El
    allahu manyak khanzir, sharmuta. Two can play that game.
  • Humayun Shakil
    My Religion Islam says to respect all religions. Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can go about abusing feelings of people, specially regarding the person they love so dearly and respect so much. I wonder how would Mr Vilks feel if some one abuses a person he dearly loves like this. And to us Muslims Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him is the most loved and respected person in whole of humanity!
  • Allforms
    You're right, but should I die for insulting someone you respect and love?
  • Kal_El
    Freedom of speech means We The People can say whatever we damn well please. No one is forcing you to listen. You have the freedom (at least in the USA) to not view this website. Vilks is a very brave man, standing up for what he believes in. If islam, allah, and Muhammad are so mighty and powerful, why does any follower of islam turn all rabid at the slightest criticism? You claim Muhammad is the most beloved person to muslims. So you place a man who killed, violated his own treaties, raped, robbed and married a child the most loved and respected person? No wonder muslims are so twisted in the head.
  • Storm_Rider
    Religion subversive of the American Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Constitution is not to be tolerated. Religion subversive of equality before law is not to be tolerated. Religion subversive of the individual's sacred right to life and self-defense is not to be tolerated. Religion subversive of the individual's sacred right to liberty (including freedom of speech in particular) is not to be tolerated. Religion subversive of the individual's sacred right to private property honestly earned through labor (pursuit of happiness) is not to be tolerated. Which two religions fall into this category in America today? Answer: Marxism and Islam.

    “In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practised, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind. And it is now generally agreed among Christians that this spirit of toleration, in the fullest extent consistent with the being of civil society, is the chief characteristical mark of the Church. Insomuch that Mr. Locke has asserted and proved, beyond the possibility of contradiction on any solid ground, that such toleration ought to be extended to all whose doctrines are not subversive of society. The only sects which he thinks ought to be, and which by all wise laws are excluded from such toleration, are those who teach doctrines subversive of the civil government under which they live.” Samuel Adams

    http://history.hanover.edu/texts/adamss.html
  • hellosnackbar
    Freedom of speech according to George Orwell(a real prophet)if it means anything means:the right to tell anyone what they don't want to hear!
    Got that Humayun?
    Now stop whining about your expressed love for a 7th century desert murderer;and live a life of honesty instead of
    fatuous fantasy.
  • Storm_Rider
    “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington
  • Storm_Rider
    Freedom of speech is its self sacred. Freedom of speech, the most precious form of human liberty, comes not from Allah, but from God. Your god is not my God.

    “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.” Alexander Hamilton

    “The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.” Samuel Adams

    "Almighty God hath created the mind free. All attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens . . . are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion.” Thomas Jefferson

    “God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?” Thomas Jefferson

    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Thomas Jefferson
  • timinfla
    Take the nobel peace prize from obama and give it to Lars Vilks.
  • infidel13
    Congratulations to Sweden for having a backbone! God knows institutions in the US wouldn't have the nerve. Yale University, anyone?
    Yet truly an insult to dogs....
  • Tonto
    Muzpuke indignation meets western derision....guess who won. The most violent and backward people in the world just can't take being laughed at. That tells me that laughter is the best way to piss them off and bring them out of hiding. Once they're out of hiding, that will make it easier to "pick 'em off".
  • Tonto: I was going to say that too, kinda sorta. You guys beat me to the punch, but I don't mind. LOL
  • JEWHAWK
    Those wicked Swedes offending the dogs again !!
  • SirWilhelm
    Yes the dogs should be offended, I couldn't tell what animal it is. I didn't realize it was such a primitive looking cartoon. My 8 year old granddaughter can do better than that. How can you tell it's Mohammed? If Muslims can't laugh this off, they really do have problems. If I were them, my complaint would be, couldn't you find a better cartoonist to insult us with?
  • JEWHAWK: I was going to say that! Great Minds!
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