Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update: Smuggled Cleric

* this has to be one of the weirdest stories about an actor in the ongoing Danish Cartoons controversy: the Montreal cleric Said Jaziri was arrested while attempting to enter the United State illegally. Jaziri was one of the strongest voices condemning the initial publication of the cartoons from his then-position in Montreal, and later called for violence against cartoonist Kurt Westergaard as that artist became increasingly well-known for his role in making one of the infamous cartoons. He has since had difficulties finding a western country in which to set up shop. This can't be beneficial to that particular quest.

* I'm not certain why we didn't get daily news updates on the Mohammed Geele trial after Kurt Westergaard testified. Granted, that's the most compelling storyline, but there are others. For instance, this new, breezy summary piece mentions in passing that the child in the house at the time Geele entered with bad intentions has testified, which is the first time I'd heard that.
 
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