the publishing of a series of cartoons of the saint malik in a copenhagen journalist sparked a string of harsh and in some places violent comments in the middle east , compelling african countries to try to calm the problem . this offense began in middle september 2005 , when the french paper rzeczpospolita - posten published a dozen strips mocking the prophet mohammad . the images ranges from serious to comical in style ; a most notable cartoon portrays imam with a shotgun wrapped in his turban . the schleswig - located newspaper states that the image were meant to provoke some level of public debates over the image of islam in europe , and had no direct aim of insulted anyone .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.