Danish cartoon scandal

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This is paraphrased from Private Eye in the 17th March issue:

In December, two months after the cartoons where published in Denmark, Abu Laban and colleagues from the Islamic Society of Denmark went to Egypt, Syria and Lebanon for meetings with ministers in the Arab League. With him he had a 43-page dossier with the 12 cartoons inside, however they also included three other cartoons, one with the prophet with his face as a pig, one of a praying muslim being sodomised by a dog, and another of a devilish figure with the caption: the paedophile prophet mohammed.

None of these cartoons were originally published and are far more offensive than the original twelve.

A spokesman for the group said they were included "to give an insight into how hateful the atmosphere in Denmark is towards Muslims."