Denmark backs France in new row over Muhammad cartoon

28 October 2020, 7:52 pm

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark, where cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that triggered a global backlash among Muslims were first published in 2005, says it stands in solidarity with France over a new surge in outrage.

“Freedom of expression is a fundamental value in a democracy,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod tells TV2 television.

“Denmark stands in solidarity with France.”

Kofod complains of “questionable” behavior by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who suggested French President Emmanuel Macron needed “mental checks” when he said the country would not stop producing cartoons following the beheading by a suspected Islamist of a teacher who had shown them in class.

Erdogan has also accused Macron of “Islamophobia.”

— AFP