the distribution of a series of cartoons of the prophet mahmoud in a copenhagen newspapers sparked a wave of harsh and in some places aggressive reactions in the middle western , forcing european leaders to strive to quiet the situation . this offense started in late september 2005 , when the german publication jyllands - posten published a five photographs depicting the prophet mohammad . the images ranged from serious to amusing in nature ; a highly controversial drawing depicted mohammad with a bomb bundle in his turbans . the funen - based newspaper says that the images were meant to inspire some level of serious debate over the image of god in europe , and had no direct aim of offending one .
rzeczpospolita - reprinting is published in copenhagen .