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[[File:Ahmed Abu Laban.jpg|right|150px|thumb|'Moderate' Palestinian-born Danish Muslim leader, Ahmad Abu Laban, was expelled from Egypt and Kuwait for his involvement in the Muslim Brotherhood,<ref name="Middle East Quarterly">Pernille Ammitzbøll and Lorenzo Vidino - [http://www.meforum.org/1437/after-the-danish-cartoon-controversy After the Danish Cartoon Controversy] - Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2007, pp. 3-11</ref>]] | [[File:Ahmed Abu Laban.jpg|right|150px|thumb|'Moderate' Palestinian-born Danish Muslim leader, Ahmad Abu Laban, was expelled from Egypt and Kuwait for his involvement in the Muslim Brotherhood,<ref name="Middle East Quarterly">Pernille Ammitzbøll and Lorenzo Vidino - [http://www.meforum.org/1437/after-the-danish-cartoon-controversy After the Danish Cartoon Controversy] - Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2007, pp. 3-11</ref>]] | ||
The ''Jyllands-Posten'' [[Muhammad]] Cartoons, which resulted in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries since their initial publication in September 2005,<ref name="cartoon 2">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547572,00.html Yale Removes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad From Forthcoming Book, Citing Fears of Violence] - Fox News, September 08, 2009</ref> is one of the most well-known examples of Islamic intolerance. However, this article discusses the lesser-known '''Muhammad Cartoon Hoax''' and its role in making the cartoons a world-wide issue. | The ''Jyllands-Posten'' [[Muhammad]] Cartoons, which resulted in more than 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries since their initial publication in September 2005,<ref name="cartoon 2">[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547572,00.html Yale Removes Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad From Forthcoming Book, Citing Fears of Violence] - Fox News, September 08, 2009</ref> is one of the most well-known examples of Islamic intolerance. However, this article discusses the lesser-known '''Muhammad Cartoon Hoax''' and its role in making the cartoons a world-wide issue. | ||
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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. | ||
In December 2006, a delegation of Danish Muslim leaders, headed by Ahmad Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari (a Lebanese-born theological student), travelled to the Middle East to publicise and garner opposition to the offending cartoons. Ahmad Abu Laban, who was also the head of The Islamic Society of Denmark, called upon the Muslim world to "internationalize this issue so that the Danish government would realize that the cartoons were not only insulting to Muslims in Denmark but also to Muslims worldwide."<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-11/18/article02.shtml Danish Muslims "Internationalize" Anti-Prophet Cartoons] - IslamOnline, Nov. 18, 2005</ref> However, the number of images | In December 2006, a delegation of Danish Muslim leaders, headed by Ahmad Abu Laban and Ahmed Akkari (a Lebanese-born theological student), travelled to the Middle East to publicise and garner opposition to the offending cartoons. Ahmad Abu Laban, who was also the head of The Islamic Society of Denmark, called upon the Muslim world to "internationalize this issue so that the Danish government would realize that the cartoons were not only insulting to Muslims in Denmark but also to Muslims worldwide."<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-11/18/article02.shtml Danish Muslims "Internationalize" Anti-Prophet Cartoons] - IslamOnline, Nov. 18, 2005</ref> However, the number of images they took to the Middle East had risen considerably from the number oringally published in the Jyllands-Posten. | ||
==The additional images== | ==The additional images== | ||