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The most hated man in Mecca: Meet the cartoonist who set the world on fire
by Adrian Humphreys https://www.legal-project.org/486/the-most-hated-man-in-mecca-meet-the-cartoonist Excerpt: Despite a grey beard and heavy cane making him look every bit his 74 years, Kurt Westergaard dresses like a teenager: bright red cargo pants strapped up by a studded black belt and red suspenders over a black top, capped by a flowing red scarf and black Stetson. His duo-chromatic clothing is perhaps the least shocking part of his appearance, however. As the Danish man who drew the notorious cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad with a lit bomb wrapped in his turban -- considered the most inflammatory of 12 cartoons published four years ago this week that ignited a deadly furor -- it is the absence of security and the carefree way he stands outside smoking that is most striking. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Lawfare in Europe receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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