The editorial defended "Muslims' right to freedom of religion" but said it must be permitted to "ridicule Islam's most foremost symbols – just like all other religions' symbols". A month later one of the drawings was used by a Swedish newspaper, Nerikes Allehanda, to illustrate an editorial that criticised the gallery's lack of nerve. Vilks's dog images were drawn for an art exhibition in Sweden in July 2007, but were removed because of security concerns and rejected by several other galleries. Westergaard was subjected to death threats and attempts on his life. In 2006 there were riots over Danish cartoons of the prophet, including one by Kurt Westergaard depicting Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb. Some Islamic traditions consider it blasphemous to make or show an image of the prophet, and Vilks's drawings were regarded as especially derogatory as dogs are a symbol of filth for many Muslims. The sketches had sparked a furious reaction from Muslim groups and countries including Pakistan and Iran. Vilks's depiction of the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog in a series of drawings prompted the terrorist group to put a $100,000 bounty on his head. Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist at the centre of an alleged assassination attempt, was put under police protection in 2007 when al-Qaida offered a reward for his "slaughter".
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