Feb 14 2006
2005
September 17, 2005: The Danish newspaper Politiken ran an article about the inability of writer Kåre Bluitgen to find an illustrator willing to publicly work on his children's book on Muhammed.30 September: Jyllands-Posten publishes satirical drawings of the prophet Mohammed as part of a discussion of self-censorship.
14 October 2005: Muslims demonstrate in Copenhagen.
17 October 2005: Egyptian newspaper publishes the cartoons during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. No protests occurred.
19 October 2005: Ambassadors from 11 Muslim countries, led by Egypt, ask for a meeting with Danish prime minister to request government action against Jyllands-Posten.
November-December 2005: A group of Danish imams meets with Middle East religious leaders to generate support for a protest. They show "highly offensive drawings that have not been printed in Jyllands-Posten and which have nothing to do with the newspaper."
2006
1 January 2006: In a New Year speech, the Danish prime minister "emphasizes the importance of freedom of expression, religious freedom, and mutual respect."10 January: Norwegian newspaper Magazinet publishes the drawings.
26 January: Trade boycott begins in Saudi-Arabia. Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador to Denmark.
29 January: Libya closes its embassy in Denmark.
1 February: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain reprint the cartoons.
2 February: The editor of the French newspaper France Soir is fired for printing the cartoons.
3 February: Bush Administration condemns illustrations as "offensive."
Week ending 3 February: Jordanian paper publishes cartoons and, in an editorial, calls for Muslims to "be reasonable."
4 February: Syrians attack Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus.
5 February: Lebanese demonstrators set fire to the Danish embassy in Beirut.
6 February: Largest circulation Iranian paper launches "Holocaust" cartoon contest. Protests take lives: at least five people are killed in Afghanistan, and a teenage boy dies in Somalia.
7 February: Israel News Agency launches SEO contest (Google bomb) to prevent the Iranian paper from achieving high Google rankings. Iran announces it it cutting all trade ties with Denmark. New York Press editors resign en mass after paper refuses to run cartoons. Danish Imans announced they want to end the dispute.
8 February: French magazine Charlie Hebdo publishes the cartoons along with other caricatures.
9 February: Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims protest in Lebanon.
10 February: Thousands protest in Malaysia.
Week ending 10 February: Most American and UK newspapers decide not to republish the cartoons. A poll of 1,047 people in Denmark shows 57% support Jyllands-Posten’s decision to publish the cartoons and 31% disagrees. Almost two out of every three males and 61% of people aged between 18 and 25 years of age support the paper.
13 February: At least 3,000 students violently demonstrate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Sources: BBC, Brussels Journal, CNN, FindLaw, Freedom for Egyptians, Jyllands-Posten, MSNBC, MediaMob, National Journal, Wikipedia
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