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Aferwards the image will not show. Following these steps does not edit the article itself, just how it is presented to you personally. However there is a slight risk of disrupting your browser's presentation of other articles which contain similar code. Further details available on the above Image-Display Talk Page. --> '' in September 2005. Larger versions of the cartoons are available off-site.]] The ''Jyllands-Posten'' Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 Editorial Cartoon s, most of which depicted the Islamic Prophet Muhammad , were published in the Danish newspaper '' Jyllands-Posten '' on September 30 , 2005 , as part of a debate regarding self-censorship. Danish Muslim organizations held public protests in response and spread knowledge of Jyllands-Posten's publication. As the controversy grew, some or all of the cartoons were Reprinted In Newspapers in more than fifty other countries, which led to violent Protest s, particularly in the Muslim World . Critics of the cartoons argue that they are Islamophobic , Blasphemous , intended to humiliate a marginalized Danish minority, and displays an ignorance of the history of Western Imperialism , from Colonialism to the Conflicts In The Middle East 1. Supporters of the cartoons claim they illustrate an important issue in the age of Islamic Extremist Terrorism and their publication exercises the right of Free Speech . They also claim that similar cartoons about other Religion s are frequently printed, arguing that the followers of Islam were not targeted in a Discriminatory way2. | |||
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