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  • Danish company seeks to end boycott (by Muslims)

    01/28/2006 11:49:11 AM PST · by Murtyo · 2 replies · 500+ views
    RTE (Irish Public Broadcasting) News ^ | 28 January 2006 14:09 | RTE News
    One of Europe's largest dairy producers, Danish company Arla, has placed advertisements in Middle Eastern newspapers to try to stop a boycott of Danish produce in Muslim countries. Arla acted after reporting a drop in sales in Saudi Arabia because of anger about a series of caricatures depicting the prophet Mohammed that appeared in the leading Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. The paper has apologised but said it was testing the boundaries of expression about Islam. The cartoons include a portrayal of the Muslim Prophet wearing a time-bomb shaped turban and show him as a wild-eyed, knife-wielding Bedouin flanked by two women...