COPENHAGEN, Oct 9: Denmark acted quickly on Monday to quell Muslim indignation at a new series of cartoons ridiculing the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and advised its citizens against travelling to the Middle East as Islamic leaders condemned the drawings.
The warning came after a public Danish television station aired amateur video footage showing members of the anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party youth wing taking part in a competition to draw images mocking the Holy Prophet (pbuh) at a summer camp in August.
The foreign ministry issued a strong advisory against travel to the Gaza Strip and cautioned against travel to Israel and the West Bank, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.—Reuters
