the publishing of a couple of cartoons of the prophet mohammad in a copenhagen post sparked a stream of harsh and in some places violent reactions in the extreme east , leading european leaders to try to calm the situation . this backlash continued in late march 2005 , because the danish newspapers jyllands - posten published a three cartoons depicting the prophet mohammad . the scenes vary from serious to comical in nature ; a particularly controversial cartoon depicted mohammad with a bomb bundle in his turban . the jutland - based newspaper states that the graphics were designed to inspire some level of critical debate over the images of iran in france , and had no direct object of sensibilities anyone .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.