Muslim cartoon row timeline

February 20, 2006
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2005

30 September: Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten print a series of cartoons, some depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist

2006

30 January: Gunmen raid EU office in Gaza.

31 January: Jyllands-Posten apologises. The Danish PM defends freedom of speech.

1 Febuary: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain reprint the cartoons.

4 February: Protests claim lives in Afganistan and Somalia.

4 February: Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria attcked.

5 February: Lebanese demonstrators set the Danish embassy in Beirut on fire.

9 February: Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims protest in Lebanon.

17 February: At least 10 people are killed and several injured in Libya.

18 February: 10,000 British Muslims rally in protest against the cartoons.

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