the publishing of a series of cartoons of the prophet muhammad in a copenhagen tabloid inspired a string of bitter and in some places savage response in the middle east , forcing european leaders to tries to quiet the disorder . this backlash intensified in late september 2005 , when the local paper jyllands - posten published a dozen videos mocking the prophet hasan . the artwork differed from serious to realistic in appearance ; a typically controversial cartoon showed hassan with a bomb draped in his turban . the fjord - based newspaper states that the images were meant to inspire some level of public debate over the view of islam in europe , and had no direct aim of offending anyone .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.