Muhammad caricature posters appear in centre of Brno

Posters reproducing a controversial caricature of the prophet Muhammad which featured in a Danish newspaper in 2005 have appeared around the centre of the Czech Republic’s second city, Brno. Over 100 people died in protests around the world following the publication of the caricatures in the daily Jyllands-Posten. However, Muslim representatives in Brno have reacted coolly to the posters, which depict Muhammad with a bomb in his turban; Hani Baloush, whose foundation is based at Brno’s mosque, said those who hoped to annoy local Muslims would fail.