20 September 2012

Danish Mohammad cartoonist rejects censorship

The Danish cartoonist who outraged Muslims with a drawing of the Prophet Mohammad seven years ago has said the West cannot let itself be muzzled by fear of offending Islamic sensibilities.

.... Westergaard, 77, said he still lives in constant fear of another attempt on his life. His home has become a "fortress" with a police station in the back yard and bodyguards who ferry him and his wife around in the back seat of an armored car.

"I can't even go shopping or sit in a cafe," the cartoonist said in the interview published on Thursday. [Reuters] Read more