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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Initially following the publication of the twelve Jyllands-Posten images, the reaction was comparably negligible. [[Palestinian Authority area|Palestinian]]-born | Initially following the publication of the twelve Jyllands-Posten images, the reaction was comparably negligible. [[Palestinian Authority area|Palestinian]]-born Danish Muslim leader, Ahmad Abu Laban (who was expelled from Egypt and Kuwait for his involvement in the [[Muslim Brotherhood]],<ref name="Middle East Quarterly"></ref> and has links with Egyptian terrorist group Gama'a Islamiya),<ref>Analysis of the June 26, 1995 searches of the Viale Jenner mosque, Direzione per le Investigazioni Generali e per le Operazioni Speciali (DIGOS), Sept. 15, 1997.</ref><ref>Giles Foden - [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/24/afghanistan.terrorism11 The hunt for 'Public Enemy No 2'] - The Guardian (London), September 24, 2001.</ref><ref> Evan F. Kohlmann, Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe: The Afghan-Bosnian Network (Oxford: Berg, 2004), pp. 26-7.</ref> took it upon himself to spearhead a campaign demanding an apology from Jyllands-Posten. | ||
Abu Laban created the ''Committee for the Defense of the Honor of the Prophet'', which primarily consisted of extremist Imams<ref name="Middle East Quarterly"></ref> and issued a press release which appeared to be a threat towards Jyllands-Posten, "We are not threatening anybody, but when you see what happened in [[Holland]] and then still print the cartoons, that's quite stupid."<ref>Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Oct. 9, 2005.</ref> Abu Laban's statements, however, did not stifle the press. | Abu Laban created the ''Committee for the Defense of the Honor of the Prophet'', which primarily consisted of extremist Imams<ref name="Middle East Quarterly"></ref> and issued a press release which appeared to be a threat towards Jyllands-Posten, "We are not threatening anybody, but when you see what happened in [[Holland]] and then still print the cartoons, that's quite stupid."<ref>Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Oct. 9, 2005.</ref> Abu Laban's statements, however, did not stifle the press. | ||
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[[Category:Images]] | [[Category:Images]] | ||
[[Category:Islamic Propaganda]] | [[Category:Islamic Propaganda]] | ||