The Jawa Report notes warnings on Islamic forums of a suicide attack in Denmark.

The reason: those cartoons again.

They’re going nuts in Baghdad too: Iraqis protest against anti-Islamic Danish cartoons.

In a virulent sermon from the pulpit of his mosque in the Shiite Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Sheikh Hazem al-Aaraji described the cartoons as an attack on Islam.

“They want to disfigure Islam and this we cannot accept. These cartoons directly attack the personality of the messenger of God. We say to them: they cannot attack Mohammed, nor any of the prophets,” thundered the preacher, who is a follower of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

His audience filled the mosque with their cries of “No to evil,” “No to Satan” and “Mohammed we will answer your call.”

“Mohammed is the symbol of humanity. He is not dead, he lives always among us through his teachings and through the sacred book,” said the preacher, before calling on the Iraqi government and all Muslim states to demand an accounting from the Danish and Norwegian governments.

Following the sermon, around 100 people careened through the narrow alleys of Kadhimiyah with chants of “there is no god but God, and Mohammed is his prophet” and “Jews, the army of Mohammed and Ali will return.”

And Norway’s left-wing government is apologizing for the publication of the cartoons in a Norwegian paper: Norway Apologizes over Muhammad Cartoons.

The left-wing government in Norway apologizes to Muslims worldwide for the publication of twelve Muhammad cartoons [see them here] in the Norwegian newspaper Magazinet. Oslo sent out instructions to all the Norwegian embassies on how to respond to queries about the cartoons. Unlike the Danish government, the Norwegian government is not concerned about safeguarding the right to freedom of expression. Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Store, a leading member of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s Workers’ Party, wrote the following e-mail to the Norwegian embassies:

I am sorry that the publication of a few cartoons in the Norwegian paper Magazinet has caused unrest among Muslims. I fully understand that these drawings are seen to give offence by Muslims worldwide. Islam is a spiritual reference point for a large part of the world. Your faith has the right to be respected by us.

The cartoons in the Christian paper Magazinet are not constructive in building the
bridges which are necessary between people with different religious and ethnic backgrounds. Instead they contribute to suspicion and unnecessary conflict.

Let it be clear that the Norwegian government condemns every expression or act which expresses contempt for people on the basis of their religion or ethnic origin. Norway has always supported the fight of the UN against religious intolerance and racism, and believes that this fight is important in order to avoid suspicion and conflict. Tolerance, mutual respect and dialogue are the basis values of Norwegian society and of our foreign policy.

Freedom of expression is one of the pillars of Norwegian society. This includes tolerance for opinions that not everyone shares. At the same time our laws and our international obligations enforce restrictions for incitement to hatred or hateful expressions.