Swedish police have ordered artist Lars Vilks out of his own home telling him it is no longer safe for him to live there. The head of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, says he will pay as much as $150,000 to anyone who can kill Vilks because of what he calls offensive pictures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.

Four men in Britain were sentenced to prison Tuesday for their role in a fiery protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

A district court in Baku today sentenced two journalists to jail terms for an article that was deemed to be critical of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Correspondent Rafik Tagi received a three-year prison sentence, while his editor, Samir Sadagatoglu, received a four-year sentence.

A French court has dismissed the case against a satirical weekly newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.