the publishing of a series of views of the prophet mohammad in a copenhagen newspaper sparked a string of serious and in some places violent actions in the middle east , forcing european commanders to try to calm the situation . this backlash continued in late september 2005 , when the copenhagen newspaper jyllands - reprinted printing a million cartoons depicting the apostle mohammad . the images ranging from violent to comical in nature ; a particularly controversial cartoon portrays mohammad with a dynamite caught in his robe . the jutland - headquartered paper states that the images were meant to foster some level of public debate over the image of jihad in european , and had no direct aim of antagonizing any .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.