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Wilders  backs-off anti-Islam cartoon competition

Kazi Mahmood

• 1 min read

Wilders, a Dutch anti-Islam politician cancellation a planned cartoon competition that was to depict the Prophet of Islam.

The Independent UK said four days ago Geert Wilders stopped the controversial contest. The paper cites death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk.

“To avoid the risk of victims of Islamic violence, I have decided not to let the cartoon contest go ahead,” the far-right opposition politician said in a written statement.

A fierce anti-Muslim political figure in Holland, Wilders lived for years under round-the-clock protection.
Nevertheless, he carried out several such competitions in the past.
But this time around, the social media backlash forced him to cancel a competition that has lost its glamour.
However, he says he did not want others to be in danger because of the contest due for November.
Again, the contest is still sparking protests on Facebook, Twitter.

The contest sparked angry protests in Pakistan, where thousands of hardline Islamists marched towards the capital Islamabad this week.

Around 10,000 supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik group, which helped Imran Khan become prime minister, set out on the march last Wednesday. They want Khan to cut diplomatic ties with the Netherlands.

The competition also allegedly attracted a death threat from a 26-year-old man, reportedly a Pakistani.

It was cancelled shortly after the Taliban urged Afghan soldiers to attack Dutch troops. The Dutch are serving in the Nato-led Resolute Support mission in retaliation.

The Taliban says members of the Afghan security forces should turn their weapons on Dutch troops.

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Islam disallows the Physical depictions of God or the Prophet Muhammad. Such pictures are blasphemous says Muslims. Previous cartoons saying to depict him was the cause for violence in Europe.

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