Danish cartoonist kurt westergaard - BBC News
Danish cartoonist whose image of the Prophet Mohammed sparked outrage dies aged 86
Danish cartoonist who drew controversial Muhammad spoof dies
Kurt Westergaard, cartoonist behind outrageous Holy Prophet cartoons, dies
Danish cartoonist who drew controversial Muhammad spoof dies
Illustrations and visual depictions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad has been forbidden in Islam out of reverence and deep respect for him among Muslims.
Westergaard had been working at Jyllands-Posten since the mid-1980s as an illustrator, and according to Berlingske, the drawing in question had actually been printed once before but without sparking much controversy.
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