The Swedish government has completely knuckled under to radical Islam: Sweden shuts website over cartoon. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

The Swedish government has moved to shut down the website of a far-right political party’s newspaper over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

The site’s host, Levonline, pulled the plug on the website of the Swedish Democrats’ SD-Kuriren newspaper after consulting with the government.

It is believed to be the first time a Western government has intervened to block a publication in the growing row.

Kuriren editor Richard Jomshof said the government was breaking the law.

“We have to do something about it. This is illegal. They can’t do this just because we are a small magazine,” he told the BBC News website.

Way to go, Sweden. You’ll be much happier under your new overlords.

UPDATE at 2/10/06 7:38:49 am:

Via Michelle Malkin, here’s the cartoon that prompted the Swedish government to abandon the principle of freedom of speech—and it’s completely innocuous.