Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders revives plan for Mohammad cartoon contest

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1. Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker ends Mohammad cartoon contest within hours

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 29, 2019 / 6:42 AM / UPDATED 12 HOURS AGO

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker ends Mohammad cartoon contest within hours

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said on Sunday he had ended a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, only hours after announcing the contentious event.

In a tweet posted on Sunday morning, Wilders said international attention on the contest had enabled him to make a point about the importance of freedom of speech.

“Mission accomplished. End of contest”, he wrote above a picture of what he said was the winning drawing, depicting an angry-looking man with a beard.

Images of the Prophet Mohammad are traditionally forbidden in Islam as idolatrous. Caricatures are regarded by most Muslims as highly offensive.

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