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AP Interview: Artist Vilks says Denmark attack changed all

[...] after the deadly Feb. 14 attack against a free-speech seminar in Copenhagen, he lives under security measures that seem almost absurd in peaceful Sweden, with heavily armed bodyguards moving him from one secret location to another. Dogs are considered unclean by conservative Muslims, and Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet, even favorable, for fear it could lead to idolatry. Police took AP journalists to the interview on a high-speed drive across Malmo, weaving through traffic and speeding through red lights to shake off any potential followers. Two and a half weeks ago in Copenhagen, 22-year-old gunman Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein attacked a cultural center hosting a free speech event, killing a Danish film director and wounding three police officers. Hours later, the gunman killed a Jewish security guard outside a synagogue and wounded two more officers before he was killed in a firefight with a SWAT team. At home, he was best known for building a sculpture made of driftwood in a nature reserve in southern Sweden without permission, triggering a lengthy legal battle.

 

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