Artist Threatened With Death for Mohammad Cartoon

Vilks says police have told him that the threats on his life are very serious. He says he was only allowed to return to his house in Stockholm to pick up a few items.

A Swedish newspaper last month printed Vilks' cartoon of Mohammad's head on a dog's body.

Vilks received support of the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders Monday, saying what it calls barbaric fundamentalism cannot take away the freedom to draw cartoons.

It says offering a reward for Vilks' death shows a shocking lack of humanity. - VOA News