Friday, August 9, 2013

Danish Muslim leader regrets role in cartoon rage

FILE - Danish Muslim Ahmad Akkari poses at an undisclosed location in this file photo dated Aug. 2, 2013. Akkari was part of a group that traveled to the Middle East to voice complaints over newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, and admits he was instrumental in the 2006 campaign against the Danish newspaper cartoons. 34-year-old Dane of Lebanese origin, Akkari told the Associated Press Wednesday Aug. 7, 2013, he now believes he was “tricked” by Islamists who “claim to have a monopoly over the interpretation” of Islam but now believes newspapers in Denmark have the right to depict who they want. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Joachim Adrian, FILE) DENMARK OUT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish Muslim leader who seven years ago traveled the Muslim world fueling the uproar over newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad is back in the headlines in Denmark after doing an about-face on the issue.








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