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#65408. lastdodo
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What did some Muslim countries do after the publication of some cartoons of Mohammed in Denmark?
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zbeckabee
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The foreign ministries of eleven Islamic countries demanded action from the Danish government, and several Arab countries eventually closed their embassies in Denmark in protest after the government initially refused to intervene or apologize.[4]
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_cartoons
May 06 06, 1:16 PM
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mementoflash
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There were also large scale riots and acts of vandalism against the Danish and other Western embassies.
May 06 06, 8:53 PM
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lastdodo
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In Saudi Arabia, all danish goods (most of them milky) were thrown to the garbage. They stopped all commercial relationships with Denmark. I guess it's impossible to find a Lego there.
May 06 06, 10:57 PM
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gmackematix
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The anti-Danish sentiment did, of course, include the call to rebrand Danish pastries as "Roses of Mohammed".
May 07 06, 7:32 PM
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