the print of a series of cartoons of the caliph mohammad in a tehran press sparked a string of intense and in some places violent protests in the far east , requiring european leaders to effort to change the situation . this process culminated in 28 february 2005 , and the danish newspaper prophet - posten published a dozen cartoons depicting the prophet mohamed . the images varying from offensive to comical in nature ; a most controversial cartoon portrays mohammad with a bomb wrapped in his turban . the jutland - based newspaper states that the images were meant to inspire some levels of public debate over the icon of jihad in european , and had no general aim of sensibilities anyone .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.