Kurt Westergaard - The Man behind the Mohammed Cartoon

Kurt Westergaard The Man Behind the Mohammed Cartoon In September 2005 Kurt Westergaard drew one of the twelve cartoons of Mohammed published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. At this point nobody could have foreseen that the publication of the cartoons would generate hatred and that Danish embassies in the Middle East would soon go up in flames. Since then Kurt Westergaard has been on Al-Qaida’s death list. On the first of January 2010 a fanatic Muslim broke into his house in order to kill him. Today he lives surrounded by bodyguards 24/7/365. The name Kurt Westergaard is now well-known across the globe, and he is loved and hated because of his cartoon. However, very few people know the man behind the Mohammed cartoon. In this autobiography he tells the story of his life and explains why he cannot give up the struggle for freedom of speech. The book has 275 pages and contains 82 of Kurt Westergaards Cartoons including the famous Mohammed Cartoon in a new version. The author John Lykkegaard is a qualified journalist. Until 2005 he worked on various newspapers. He then founded his own publishing house My Memoirs - Forlaget Mine Erindringer - and specializes in writing biographies. So far he has written and published seventeen autobiographies. The Publishing House My Memoirs - Forlaget Mine Erindringer, Denmark, www.mine-erindringer.dk