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The Danish government insists it has no means of influencing the press (Photo: EUobserver)

Danish muslim prophet cartoon quarrel goes to court

Danish Muslim organisations are planning to take the daily Jyllands-Posten to the European Court of Human Rights over controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

The decision was announced Monday (9 January) by Kasem Ahmad, leader of Danish Islamic religious body Islamsk Trossamfund, uniting various Muslim organisations, following an announcement that a Danish local attorney general had rejected their case.

Islamsk Trossamfund had sued the daily for the publication of d...

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The Danish government insists it has no means of influencing the press (Photo: EUobserver)

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