Timeline Tuesday 28 February 2006

Events on Tuesday 28 February 2006 2

• 2005 – 2006 Cartoons Crisis Jyllands-Posten Controversy International crisis sparked by the publication of drawings of Muhammad, raising debates on free speech.
• 2006 Muhammad cartoons controversy escalates Global protests over Danish newspaper drawings Reprinting of Jyllands-Posten's cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad by other European papers triggered mass protests across the Muslim world. Danish embassies were attacked and boycotts of Danish goods spread widely. The episode became a flashpoint in debates over free speech and religious sensitivity.