The latest in Lars Vilks

When political cartoons ridicule Muslims and Christians

2010-11-29T15:41:38Z

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Swedish university re-invites Muhammad artist

2010-05-25T09:15:30Z

Swedish university invites Muhammad artist to complete lecture disrupted by protests

A Swedish university has invited an artist who angered Muslims by caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad to finish a lecture that was disrupted by violent protests.

Officials say Lars Vilks has agreed to return to STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Mohammad enraged many Muslims, was head-butted on Tuesday while giving a lecture about freedom of speech, he said.

A video of the incident was posted on Swedish newspaper ...

Swedish artist attacked during free-speech lecture

2010-05-11T09:30:40Z

Swedish artist who caricatured Prophet Muhammad says he was attacked during free-speech talk

A Swedish artist who received death threats for depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog says he was assaulted while giving a lecture at a university.

Lars Vilks tells The Associated Pre...

Algerian, Libyan charged in plot to kill artist

2010-03-15T15:30:43Z

Irish investigating threats to Swedish artist charge Algerian, Libyan with minor offenses

Irish police have charged two men from Algeria and Libya with minor offenses following a weeklong investigation into Muslim extremists allegedly involved in efforts to kill a Swedish artist.

Ali Charafe Damache, a 49-year-old Algerian, was charged Monday with sending a threatening te...

US woman held in Ireland in plot to kill cartoonist

2010-06-12T18:36:58Z

A second American Muslim woman has been arrested in Ireland on charges of conspiracy to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The newspaper identified the woman as Jamie ...

Irish extend arrests of 7 over Swede murder plot

2010-03-11T05:00:28Z

Irish court extends custody of 7 Muslims over alleged murder plot against Swedish artist

Seven Muslims in Ireland allegedly linked to a plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks should remain in custody for at least three more days while police investigate their computer and telephone records, an Irish judge ruled Thursday amid rare courtroom secrecy.

The se...

Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing

2010-06-12T18:36:53Z

Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing, says Islam not off limits to mockery

The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.

Lars Vilks — the tar...

Swedish cartoonist receives fresh death threats

2010-03-10T10:17:05Z

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Mohammad has made him the target of Muslim anger said on Wednesday he had received more death threats since arrests were made this week over an alleged plot to kill him.

Lars Vilks,...

Turkish hackers target Swedish Web sites

2010-09-10T02:22:50Z

Turkish Hackers Target Swedish Web Sites After Publication of Muhammad Drawing

Hackers in Turkey have attacked more than 5,000 Swedish Web sites in the past week, and at least some of the sabotage appears linked to Muslim anger over a Swedish newspaper drawing that depicted the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body.

Around 1,600 Web sites hosted by s...

Cartoonist hiding from al-Qaida threat

2010-09-09T21:29:33Z

Swedish Cartoonist Who Depicted Prophet Muhammad in Hiding Under Police Protection

A Swedish cartoonist who depicted Islam's Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Monday that police have taken him to a secret location and told him he cannot return home following a death threat from ...

Swedish Muslims protest prophet cartoon

2010-09-09T17:54:28Z

Swedish Muslims Rally to Denounce Newspaper for Publishing Cartoon of Prophet Muhammad

Swedish Muslims demonstrated Friday against a newspaper that published a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body and demanded its chief editor apologize.

The rally outside the newspaper Nerikes Allehanda in Orebro followed forma...

Bangladesh Protest

2010-05-30T00:00:26Z

Bangladeshi Muslim protesters shout slogans as they burn a Swedish flag during a protest against social networking website facebook for holding a competition on caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 28, 2010. According to news reports, Swedish artist Lars Vilks...

Sweden Prophet Drawing

2010-05-16T04:45:15Z

A broken window is seen at the home of Swedish artist Lars Vilks, outside Hoganas, southern Sweden, Saturday May 15, 2010. Police say the home of a Swedish artist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad offended Muslims has been subjected to a suspected arson attack. Vilks, was not at home during the attack and no injuries have been reporte...

SWEDEN PROPHET DRAWING

2010-05-11T14:15:15Z

People demonstrate in the room where Swedish artist Lars Vilks was giving a lecture at Uppsala University, in Uppsala, Sweden, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. The artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a do...

SWEDEN LARS VILKS MURDER PLOT

2010-03-26T21:19:15Z

Swedish artist Lars Vilks speaks on his phone in his home in Nyhamnslage in southern Sweden Tuesday March 9, 2010. Seven persons were arrested on Ireland Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to murder Vilks following the Swedish artists drawing of the prophet Mohammed. (AP Photo / Bjorn Lindgren / ...

SWEDEN LARS VILKS-MURDER PLOT-SWEDEN

2010-03-26T21:19:17Z