Danish Police Stop Attack on Cartoonist

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 01-02-10 | The Wall Street Journal

[GOP_Lady]

COPENHAGEN -- A Somali man was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday for an attack on a Danish artist whose 2005 cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ignited riots and outrage in Muslim countries, authorities said.

The 28-year-old Somali man with ties to al Qaeda broke into Kurt Westergaard's home in Aarhus, Denmark, on Friday night armed with an ax and a knife, said Jakob Scharf, head of Denmark's PET intelligence agency.

The 74-year-old artist, who has been targeted with several death threats since depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban, pressed an alarm and fled with his 5-year-old granddaughter to a specially made safe room.

[GOP_Lady]

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard

[Abathar]

Too bad he didn’t just push the safety on his Glock instead and send Al Qaeda the only message they seem to understand.

[spetznaz]

If Allah is the god they claim he is, then why does he/it have to rely on people to stand up for 'insults?' Couldn't he just dump a Typhoon on Denmark?

I hope one day more people will realize what a threat Islam posses.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

This is what the “religion of peace” knows how to do best. This is why all its practitioners need to be kept out of civilized countries.

[behzinlea]

I just drew a rude picture of the Prophet (pbuh). Come and visit me to see it, enraged Muslims. I’d like to introduce you to Mr. Remington and Mr. Glock.

[GOP_Lady]

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