the publishing of a couple of cartoons of the shah salman in a copenhagen press sparked a string of severe and in some places violent reactions in the middle east , forcing european leaders to try to calm the situation . this backlash commenced in late september 2005 , when the danish publication jyllands - jyllands publishes a 3000 cartoons with the prophet mohammad . the images were from serious to comical in form ; a highly controversial piece portrays mohammad with a bomb bundled in his wears . the istria - based newspaper states that the actions were meant to inspire some levels of public debate over the issue of him in europe , and had no direct aim of offending one .
Jyllands-Posten is published in Copenhagen.