Kåre Bluitgen
Encyclopedia
Kåre Bluitgen is a Danish
writer and journalist whose works include a biography of Muhammad
. In the 1970s Bluitgen was politically active on the Danish left, namely within the Left Socialists
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on Zealand, in 1977 with a Studentereksamen. In 1986 he finished teacher's college (for elementary and middle school) and in 1991 he finished the Danish School of Journalism.
When he wrote the children's book Koranen og profeten Muhammeds liv (English
: The Qur'an
and the life of the Prophet Muhammad ISBN 87-638-0049-7), he apparently had difficulty finding illustrators to draw Muhammad for the book, for fear of reprisals from Islamic extremists. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten
responded by asking 40 illustrators to make caricatures of Muhammad. Twelve of the caricatures were published in the newspaper on September 30, 2005, sparking the international Muhammad cartoons controversy
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
writer and journalist whose works include a biography of Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
. In the 1970s Bluitgen was politically active on the Danish left, namely within the Left Socialists
Left Socialists
Left Socialists , a political party in Denmark. VS works on what it calls a 'undogmatic revolutionary and Marxist basis'.It was formed in 1967 as a split from the Socialist People's Party . VS was represented by the letter "Y" on the electoral ballots. VS members of parliament were respected and...
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Education
Bluitgen left school, in BirkerødBirkerød
Birkerød is a town and was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark...
on Zealand, in 1977 with a Studentereksamen. In 1986 he finished teacher's college (for elementary and middle school) and in 1991 he finished the Danish School of Journalism.
Works
- Ernesto (1987)
- Bomuldens dronning (1988) ("Queen of the cotton")
- Jaguaren ved verdens ende (1989) ("The jaguar at the end of the world")
- Vi har iført os ligklæder (1989) ("We have put on grave clothing")
- Sabers udsendinge (1991) ("Saber's emissaries")
- Bødlens bud (1992) ("The commandment of the executioner")
- Lossen med guldører (1994) ("The lynx with golden ears")
- Erobrerne (1995) ("The conquerors")
- Og stjernene er af guld (1997) ("And the stars are made of gold")
- Himmelbrønden (1997) ("The heavenly well")
- En kuffert i Marokko (1999) ("A suitcase in Morocco")
- Løbende Bjørn (1999) ("Running bear")
- En støvle faldt fra himlen (2000) ("A boot fell from the sky")
- Til gavn for de sorte (2002) ("To the benefit of the blacks")
- Døgnfluen Viva (2002) ("The May fly Viva")
- Koranen og profeten Muhammeds liv (2006) ("The Qur'anQur'anThe Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
and the life of the Prophet Muhammad")
Koranen og profeten Muhammeds liv image controversy
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: The Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
and the life of the Prophet Muhammad ISBN 87-638-0049-7), he apparently had difficulty finding illustrators to draw Muhammad for the book, for fear of reprisals from Islamic extremists. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten
Jyllands-Posten
Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten , commonly shortened to Jyllands-Posten or JP, is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper. It is based in Viby, a suburb of Århus, and with a weekday circulation of approximately 120,000 copies, it is among the largest-selling newspaper in Denmark...
responded by asking 40 illustrators to make caricatures of Muhammad. Twelve of the caricatures were published in the newspaper on September 30, 2005, sparking the international Muhammad cartoons controversy
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
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