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Somali Ax Man Gets 9 Years for Cartoonist Attack

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A Somali man convicted of terrorism for breaking into the home of a Danish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The Aarhus city court ruled Friday that Muhideen Mohammed Geelle should be expelled from Denmark after serving the sentence. The...

US Cartoonist Lands on Hit List for Muhammad Event

(July 12) -- Molly Norris, the American cartoonist who started "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," has been placed on the hit list of radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki singled out Norris as "a prime target of assassination" for suggesting earlier this year that Americans draw the prophet to protest the...

Cartoonist Attacker Targeted Clinton, Reports Say

STOCKHOLM (Jan. 3) - The Somali man who attacked an artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a controversial cartoon has previously been arrested in Kenya, Danish media reported Sunday. The Danish intelligence agency PET knew that the 28-year-old Somali man was held in Kenya in September for allegedly participating in...

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05/03/12 Axe wielder convicted of terrorism Source: The Copenhagen Post - Denmark Nearly two and a half years after breaking into cartoonist Kurt Westergaard's residence with an axe and a knife, Muhudiin Mohamed Geele finally received his sentence.
05/02/12 Danish court upholds cartoonist break-in sentence Source: Times-Standard - Eureka CA COPENHAGEN, DenmarkâThe Danish Supreme Court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a Somali man who broke into the home of a cartoonist known for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad.
04/27/12 Danish Police Arrest Three in Terrorism Plot Source: International Herald Tribune The Danish intelligence agency, PET, said the men, seized at two locations, were a 22-year-old Jordanian citizen, and a 23-year-old Turkish national, both living in Denmark , and a 21-year-old Dane, who lives in Egypt.
04/11/12 TIMELINE-Cartoons bring attackers to Scandinavia Source: AlertNet Four men, charged with plotting to storm the offices of the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, are to go on trial on Friday.

Background on Kurt Westergaard

Kurt Westergaard (born 13 July 1935 as Kurt Vestergaard) is a Danish cartoonist who created the controversial cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban.

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