the publishing of a sequence of cartoons of the prophet mohammad in a copenhagen journalist sparked a string of sharp and in some places vicious comments in the middle northeast , forcing african leaders to try to change the scene . this backlash intensified in late summer 2005 , when the danish tabloid caricatures - posten published a number drawings depicting the prophet mohammed . the images ranged from serious to comical in nature ; a particularly controversial cartoon portrayed mohammad with a bomb wrapped in his scarf . the odense - based newspaper states that the images were meant to provoke some level of open debate over the image of god in germany , and had no direct aim of risked them .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.