Kurt Westergaard has had a price of one million dollars on his head since 2006.
Danish police have shot and wounded a Somali man. He has links to the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia. The man was armed with a knife and axe. He some how entered the security guarded home of the notorious cartoonist of Denmark.Incident occurred at the home of Kurt Westergaard. His cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban sparked an international row. Westergaard ran into a panic room at his home leaving behind a 5 year old grand-daughter. He raised alarm and police came in within minutes. The girl was not attacked.The cartoon, printed in 2005, prompted violent protests the following year. In 2006 the paper, Jyllands Posten, apologised for the cartoons. But other European media reprinted them.Westergaard's house had blast proof windows.Moderate Muslims in Denmark have condemned the attack. But they still believe his drawing was sacrilegious.Muslim nations are attempting to outlaw what they call the defamation of their religion.Mr Westergaard came out of hiding last Spring, saying he wanted to defend freedom of expression. Some independent religious scholars argue the cartoonists were wrong to offend Muslims and say the drawings made dialogue impossible.
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