https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish cartoonist already facing a slew of death threats over his depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog is working on a musical based on the drawing called "Dogs", a newspaper reported Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20071107/9028 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:26:00 +0100 9028 A cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog, published in a local Swedish newspaper in August, did not constitute incitement to racial hatred, Sweden's justice chancellor ruled on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20070920/8563 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:56:00 +0200 8563 Websites run by militant Islamists have listed the names of over 100 Swedish companies as possible targets in the ongoing row surrounding the publication in Swedish newspapers of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.se/20070919/8542 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0200 8542 The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has condemned the death threats made at the weekend against artist Lars Vilks and newspaper editor Ulf Johansson by al-Qaeda in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.se/20070918/8529 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:36:00 +0200 8529 Algeria's ambassador to Sweden on Monday condemned death threats from al-Qaeda in Iraq against a Swedish artist who drew a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad and a newspaper editor who published it. https://www.thelocal.se/20070918/8526 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:05:00 +0200 8526 Two leading European Muslim organizations have condemned the threats issued by al-Qaeda in Iraq on the lives of Swedish artist Lars Vilks and newspaper editor Ulf Johansson. https://www.thelocal.se/20070917/8517 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:12:00 +0200 8517 Police have told Swedish artist Lars Vilks that it is not safe for him to remain at his home in southern Sweden following threats on his life from an al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.se/20070917/8515 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:49:00 +0200 8515 The Swedish media and the Prime Minister rallied Sunday behind a cartoonist whose depiction of the Islamic prophet as a dog earned him death threats from Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as Swedish companies braced for a backlash. https://www.thelocal.se/20070916/8508 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:45:00 +0200 8508 Artist Lars Vilks is to be offered police protection following a statement from al-Qaeda's purported leader in Iraq offering a $100,000 dollar reward for his assassination. https://www.thelocal.se/20070916/8507 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:05:00 +0200 8507 Telecoms giant Ericsson has taken steps to reduce its visibility in the Middle East following Saturday's threat by al-Qaeda in Iraq to target major Swedish companies if Sweden does not apologize for the publication in several newspapers of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.se/20070916/8506 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:05:00 +0200 8506 An Al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq has offered rewards to anyone who kills two Swedes behind a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, in a statement posted on the Internet. https://www.thelocal.se/20070915/8498 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:40:00 +0200 8498 Sweden has denied reports that a diplomat apologized to Muslim leaders for the publication in Sweden of a cartoon depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad as a dog. https://www.thelocal.se/20070912/8469 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:36:00 +0200 8469 A large group of protesters gathered outside the offices of a second Swedish newspaper on Friday evening protesting at the publication in August of a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.se/20070907/8428 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:14:00 +0200 8428 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met on Friday with ambassadors from 22 Muslim countries for talks surrounding the publication in a Swedish newspaper of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.se/20070907/8424 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:52:00 +0200 8424 A sculpture created by the artist at the centre of the Muhammad cartoon controversy was set alight in southern Sweden on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20070907/8420 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:58:00 +0200 8420 Ambassadors from Muslim countries have indicated that they intend to present the Swedish prime minister with a list of demands when they meet for talks on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20070906/8412 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:19:00 +0200 8412 Artist Lars Vilks has spoken out about the controversy surrounding the publication of his picture of Muhammad as a dog in local newspaper Nerikes Allehanda. https://www.thelocal.se/20070905/8402 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:07:00 +0200 8402 Swedish Muslims said Wednesday they had called off a planned demonstration against a newspaper cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog, following talks with the prime minister. https://www.thelocal.se/20070905/8396 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:11:00 +0200 8396 Sweden's prime minister said Tuesday he was sorry if Muslims were offended by a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog but stressed that freedom of expression was an "inalienable" right in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20070904/8389 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:31:00 +0200 8389 Sweden's Minister for Integration Nyamko Sabuni believes that the ongoing row surrounding a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad will benefit the country's integration process. https://www.thelocal.se/20070904/8387 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:32:00 +0200 8387