Politiken (the newspaper) says its apology was part of a settlement with a Saudi lawyer representing eight Muslim groups in the Middle East and Australia.
Video by Russia Today aired February 26, 2010
Statement published by Politiken
As part of Politiken's news coverage of Mr Kurt Westergaard's cartoon drawing of the Prophet Mohammed ("the Cartoon Drawing"), first published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, Politiken reprinted the Cartoon Drawing.
Politiken has never intended to reprint the Cartoon Drawing as a statement of editorial opinion or values but merely as part of the newspaper's news coverage.
It was never Politiken's intention to offend Muslims in Denmark or elsewhere with the reprinting of the Cartoon Drawing.
However, Politiken recognizes and deplores that our reprinting of the Cartoon Drawing of the Prophet Mohammed has offended Muslims in Denmark and in other countries around the world.
We apologize to anyone who was offended by our decision to reprint the Cartoon Drawing.
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