Franz Füchsel
The last one of the twelve drawings is by Franz Füchsel. Mohammed urges his mighty warriors to be cool-minded: "Easy friends, when all comes to all it is just a drawing made by an Infidel Dane from Southern Jutland". Wise words, which unfortunately does not seem to help Füchsel.
Füchsel has put the drawing up to auction: Disputed Prophet-drawing at auction (Danish Text). The money will be used for victims of the earthquake in Pakistan, so while Füchsel is sending money to Pakistan, the Pakistanis will spend money to have Füchsel killed.
If you have followed me so far, you'll have seen that the 12 drawings are 12 very different ones - drawn by 12 different people. Some are critical of Islam, some are reverent, some are indifferent and some are critical of JyllandsPosten and Kåre Bluitgen. You may not have to like all 12 drawings (or even any of them), but it should be clear, that this is not a "campaign to insult Muslims". JyllandsPosten has asked about 40 artists to give their contribution and those 12, who weren't scared stiff of violent thugs, have given each their own private interpretation.
If you still think there is malice aforethought let me give the final word to the artist himself - Füchsel states (my translation):
It has never been my purpose by participating in the assignment to defile or to belittle other people's religion. I was assigned a task and as a citizen in a democratic country it is my right to have an opinion about things, even if it may appear provoking.
Before those countries, where democracy is an unknown word, starts attributing the wrong intentions to us, they should clean up their own house first - and this is not done by sweeping things under a carpet, no matter how genuine the carpet may be. Where I live, it's allowed to criticize others without ending up at the scaffold - and one ought to learn from this instead of resorting to laws that belong to the Middle Ages.
Added: I have seen it stated on several site that "from Southern Jutland" means "in the middle of nowhere". Well, I'm Danish and I have never heard that expression. People who make this claim seem to overlook the obvious (and true) explanation: That Füchsel hails from Southern Jutland. Believe me on this one - I used to work with his little brother with whom I had lunch every day for 6 years.
