Lars Vilks, who incensed Muslims with his artwork, receives threats from Somalia.

Al-Shabab, another hate filled terrorist group from the garden
spotof Somalia has once again threatened the life of Lars Vilks.
I am very familiar with Mr. Vilks and his artwork. For those of
who are not,there are some links below. You just have to love the
way it is all right to insult any other religion or ideology except Islam,
and of course their head stooge and prophet, Muhammad.
A fatwa was issued against Mr. Vilks after his artwork had been
published over one year ago.

From Gates of Vienna
Baron Bodissey

According to The Local:


Somali Threats Against Swedish Illustrator

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sparked outrage with caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, has received threats via telephone from Somalia.

Police in Helsingborg in southern Sweden are taking seriously the threats made against Vilks, which come just three days after Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was subjected to an axe attack at his home in Denmark.

The first of two phone calls to Vilks came on Monday morning. A subsequent check by the Swedish artist revealed that the call originated in Somalia, where the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab has gained increasing influence in the war torn country.

Al-Shabaab is also believed to have ties to al-Qaeda.

In the last month, al-Shabaab supporters who reportedly used to live in Denmark have killed at least 22 people, including three ministers, in a suicide bomb attack carried out in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

According to Vilks, the man who threatened him spoke Swedish.

“The man, who spoke accented Swedish, asked me if I knew about what happened in Denmark and to the artist Kurt Westergaard. I said I certainly did,” Vilks told the Helsingborgs Dagblad newspaper.

“The man then explained that they were out after more and that they would soon come for me. I told them they were welcome,” said Vilks.

According to Patrik Peter, a spokesman for Swedish security service Säpo, the incident is being investigated by local police.

“It may be that the police will ask for our help in which case we’ll obviously do what we can,” Peter told the TT news agency.

The Helsingborg police have refused to comment on the incident.

“I have no comment whatsoever on how our investigation of the threat is being carried out,” police spokesperson Göran Hassel told TT.

Westergaard was one of the Danish artists who drew cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad for Denmark’s Jyllandsposten newspaper. Westergaard’s drawing portrayed Muhammad with a bomb in his turban.

I’d like to take this opportunity to repost the Modoggie that was specially created by Lars Vilks for this blog: Gates of Vienna

“Jan III Sobieski Confronts a Rondellhund at the Gates of Vienna”

This delightful image is one of the archival treasures here at Gates of Vienna.

Jan III Sobieski confronts a Rundellhund at the

Gates of Vienna.

For previous posts on Lars Vilks and the Roundabout Dogs, see the Modoggie Archives.

Hat tip: Gates of Vienna