Caricatures Prompt Recall of Ambassador
From Times Wire Reports
Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Denmark to protest a published series of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Ambassador Mohammad Ibrahim al Hejailan had been posted in Denmark since March 2003.
The 12 drawings published Sept. 30, 2005, by the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten included one showing Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb. Another portrayed him with a bushy gray beard and holding a sword, his eyes covered by a black rectangle.
Islamic tradition bars any depiction of the prophet.
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