The fuss about those Danish cartoons of Mohammed has, predictably, escalated (via Brussels Journal):
Demonstrations in Pakistan have escalated into death threats against Danish illustrators who drew pictures of the prophet Mohammed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Danish travellers to Pakistan of increased hazard after a Danish newspaper’s decision to publish cartoons of Muslim prophet Mohammed escalated into a bounty being placed on the heads of the cartoonists.
Daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoon drawings of Mohammed in September, sparking angry reactions from Denmark’s Muslim population and a number of Muslim countries.
A bounty of DKK 50,000 had been put on the head of the cartoonist responsible for the drawings, daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende reported on Friday. The Pakistani group offering the reward mistakenly believes that the 12 cartoons were created by just one person.
Danish Ambassador to Pakistan Bent Wigotski said the bounty had been promised by religious party Jamaat-e-Islami and its youth organisation, which had also demanded Danish representatives expelled from the country.
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