Artist Lars Vilks, who caused controversy by drawing cartoons that depicted the prophet Muhammad as a dog, has been attacked while giving a lecture at Uppsala University. Vilks, who has been the subject of numerous death threats, was attacked while speaking at the university’s philosophy faculty on Tuesday afternoon. He was not badly hurt. [The Local] Read more
Free speech and hate in Sweden Something strange and nasty is happening in Sweden, where the struggle over free speech and blasphemy is moving into physical violence. Last week, Lars Vilks, the artist who had a price put on his head by al-Qaida after he drew a sketch of Muhammad as a comic dog on a roundabout, was lecturing at Uppsala university on free speech. [Guardian Cif] Read more
