the production of a series of cartoons of the emperor mohammad in a danish newspaper sparked a string of harsh and in some places violent reactions in the middle east , leading european leaders to try to calm the problem . this reaction happened in 30 september 2005 , when the danish newspaper jyllands - posten republished a five cartoons depicting the prophet mohammad . the subjects ranged from serious to comical in nature ; a particularly notable cartoon depicts him with a rocket wrapped in his turban . the jutland - based tribune claims that the images were meant to inspire some level of public debates over the image of islam in england , and had no indirect aim of harming anyone .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.