Muslims bomb Christians in Iraq in retaliation for Danish cartoons - Muslim leaders condemn attacks
A series of bombings of churches in Kurdish-dominated northern Iraq last Sunday may have been retaliatory attacks in response to the 12 anti-Islamist cartoons published in a newspaper in Denmark last year. Three people were killed and another nine wounded.
Several Muslim leaders in Iraq have denounced the attacks, including Shiite leaders Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Moqtad al-Sadr. Sunni leaders have also weighed in against the murders:
Later on Monday, the Muslim Ulema Council also condemned the bombings and warned that such acts jeopardised national security. “If anyone thinks these attacks can form a response to the recent Danish cartoons, they are very wrong. This is not the way to deal with the newspaper that has offended the prophet Mohammed,” the Council said in a statement.
