Posted on 01/02/2010 10:27:25 AM PST by GOP_Lady
COPENHAGEN -- A Somali man was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday for an attack on a Danish artist whose 2005 cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ignited riots and outrage in Muslim countries, authorities said.
The 28-year-old Somali man with ties to al Qaeda broke into Kurt Westergaard's home in Aarhus, Denmark, on Friday night armed with an ax and a knife, said Jakob Scharf, head of Denmark's PET intelligence agency.
The 74-year-old artist, who has been targeted with several death threats since depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban, pressed an alarm and fled with his 5-year-old granddaughter to a specially made safe room.
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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard
Too bad he didn’t just push the safety on his Glock instead and send Al Qaeda the only message they seem to understand.
I hope one day more people will realize what a threat Islam posses.
This is what the “religion of peace” knows how to do best. This is why all its practitioners need to be kept out of civilized countries.
I just drew a rude picture of the Prophet (pbuh). Come and visit me to see it, enraged Muslims. I’d like to introduce you to Mr. Remington and Mr. Glock.
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