A violent reaction continues across the Muslim world to the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. A Jordanian newspaper editor was arrested for reprinting the Danish caricatures.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said Wednesday he plans to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on Dutch television after Parliament refused to display them.
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So how did the Danish newspaper come to publish these cartoons in the first place? To find out, we called Andrew Higgins. We spoke to him in Copenhagen, where he is covering the story for The Wall ...
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