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Lars Vilks, who lived under police protection after his satirical sketch of the prophet Muhammad drew death threats, has died in a car crash.

Whatever the circumstances of his death may be, Lars Vilks' life stands as an example of a man who demonstrated courage in an age of near-universal cowardice.

Print this article In 2005, Jyllands-Posten, “a self-described center-right newspaper in Denmark,” commissioned Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard to draw the Islamic Prophet Muhammad “as you see him.” What Westergaard produced became a symbol of a global campaign for free speech, nearly cost Westergaard his life and set off riots, attacks, and a massacre in Paris, France, that left 12 Charlie Hebdo writers dead. It also exposed a fundamental truth about how certain cultures and religions view free speech, a legacy Westergaard would no doubt be proud to boast of. The cartoons inc...

Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist whose Muhammad caricature stirred debate and violence, dies at 86 Phil Davison © Preben Hupfeld/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard in 2010. Kurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist whose caricature of the prophet Muhammad wearing a turban with a fuse-lit bomb incensed Muslims around the world, provoked a free-speech debate and sparked violent attacks and riots that left dozens dead, died July 14 at 86. His wife, Gitte, announced the death to the Danish newspaper Berlingske without specifying a cause or, for reasons ...

ADRIAN JOACHIM One of the most consequential and least-known people of this young century died last Wednesday: Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. You may not be familiar with Westergaard’s name, but you almost certainly know his most celebrated work: the cartoon of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, with a bomb in his turban. That was the cartoon that set off worldwide rioting and a campaign that has now lasted for a decade and a half to compel the West to criminalize criticism of Islam under the guise of “hate speech.” The Left’s present all-out war against the freedom of speech began ...