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WaPo:
By LOUISE NORDSTROM
The Associated Press
Saturday, May 15, 2010; 10:12 AM
STOCKHOLM -- The home of a Swedish artist who once drew a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has been hit by a suspected arson attack, police said Saturday.
Lars Vilks, who lives in Nyhamnslage in southern Sweden, was not at home during the attack late Friday night and no one was reported injured.
It was the latest in a week of attacks on the 53-year-old cartoonist, who was assaulted Tuesday by a man while he lectured at a university and saw his Web site apparently attacked by hacker on Wednesday.
Police were alerted just before noon Saturday, as people passing by the artist's house noted that several windows had been smashed. When officers arrived, they discovered plastic bottles filled with gasoline and fire damage on the surface of the building. Attackers are also suspected of having tried setting the inside of house on fire, but the flames are thought to have fizzled out.
Police have no suspects in the case, police Spokeswoman Sofie Osterheim said.
Vilks, who often jokes about the threats he has received since his 2007 sketch of Muhammad, including from al-Qaida, said the latest attack doesn't raise his fears more than usual.
"I'm not really more afraid than what I think is realistic," he told the Associated Press over the telephone.
Vilks has faced numerous threats over his drawing. Earlier this year, U.S. investigators said Vilks was the target of an alleged murder plot involving Colleen LaRose, an American woman who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane," and who now faces life in prison. She has pleaded not guilty.
Vilks depicted Muhammad more than a year after 12 Danish newspaper cartoons of the prophet sparked furious protests in Muslim countries in 2006. Images of Muhammad, even favorable ones, are considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
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2 MEN ARRESTED FOR ARSON ATTACK ON LARS VILKS HOUSEFrom the Astute Bloggers: Two men, aged 21 and 19, have been arrested in Sweden for the arson attack upon Lars Vilks - the "swedish muhammad cartoonist"- house. No further details about the alleged...
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Home of Swedish Muhammad cartoonist attacked
WaPo:
By LOUISE NORDSTROM
The Associated Press
Saturday, May 15, 2010; 10:12 AM
STOCKHOLM -- The home of a Swedish artist who once drew a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has been hit by a suspected arson attack, police said Saturday.
Lars Vilks, who lives in Nyhamnslage in southern Sweden, was not at home during the attack late Friday night and no one was reported injured.
It was the latest in a week of attacks on the 53-year-old cartoonist, who was assaulted Tuesday by a man while he lectured at a university and saw his Web site apparently attacked by hacker on Wednesday.
Police were alerted just before noon Saturday, as people passing by the artist's house noted that several windows had been smashed. When officers arrived, they discovered plastic bottles filled with gasoline and fire damage on the surface of the building. Attackers are also suspected of having tried setting the inside of house on fire, but the flames are thought to have fizzled out.
Police have no suspects in the case, police Spokeswoman Sofie Osterheim said.
Vilks, who often jokes about the threats he has received since his 2007 sketch of Muhammad, including from al-Qaida, said the latest attack doesn't raise his fears more than usual.
"I'm not really more afraid than what I think is realistic," he told the Associated Press over the telephone.
Vilks has faced numerous threats over his drawing. Earlier this year, U.S. investigators said Vilks was the target of an alleged murder plot involving Colleen LaRose, an American woman who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane," and who now faces life in prison. She has pleaded not guilty.
Vilks depicted Muhammad more than a year after 12 Danish newspaper cartoons of the prophet sparked furious protests in Muslim countries in 2006. Images of Muhammad, even favorable ones, are considered blasphemous by many Muslims.
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2 MEN ARRESTED FOR ARSON ATTACK ON LARS VILKS HOUSEFrom the Astute Bloggers: Two men, aged 21 and 19, have been arrested in Sweden for the arson attack upon Lars Vilks - the "swedish muhammad cartoonist"- house. No further details about the alleged...
- Swedish Cartoon Artist, Lars Vilks. Attacked During Free Speech Lecture
(Update): Attacker a Muslim, Video Added NOTE THE REPETITIVE "ALLAHU AKBAR". From Breitbart: STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted Tuesday while giving a university lecture about...
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OIC's "Islamophobia Observatory" Condemns Swedish Newspapers For Reprinting Mohammed Cartoon...Fails to Condemn Islamist Plot to Kill Cartoonist Lars Vilks(OIC.org)- A spokesman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s Islamophobia Observatory...
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Swedish Newspapers Reprint "Prophet" Mohammed Cartoon In Response to Islamist Assassination Plot Against Cartoonist STOCKHOLM: Leading Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog by a caricaturist...
- Mohammed Dog Cartoon Creator Speaks Out
Infidel of the Week, Lars Vilk, the artist who drew the cartoon here on the left speaks out and Gates of Vienna has the story. He says we needed a "hot potato" to spur discussion: Artist Lars Vilks has spoken out about the controversy surrounding...