the appearing of a series of cartoons of the prophet mohammad in a copenhagen press sparked a string of harsh and in some places aggressive reactions in the middle east , forcing european leaders to try to stabilize the situation . this backlash initiated in late october 2005 , when the danish newspaper jyllands - svenska published a dozen cartoons depicting the god mohammad . the photographs ranged from humorous to grotesque in nature ; a particularly controversial piece portrays mohammad with a bomb wrapped in his turban . the jutland - born newspaper states that the images were produced to inspiring some level of public debate over the image of islam in europe , and had no specific objective of offending anyone .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.