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Muhammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Website Hacked, Uppsala Attack

by NowPublic Staff | May 12, 2010 at 10:27 am

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Lars Vilks Website Hacked By Al Qatari Hacker

The website of Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as dog, has been hacked. The hacker hijacked Vilks' website just a day after the Muhammed Cartoonist was attacked during a lecture at Uppsala University outside Stockholm.

Vilks', 53, has faced death threats since the 2007 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of dog was published. But the Uppsala attack was the first actual incident involving physical violence.

"What you get is a mob deciding what can be discussed at the university," Vilks told The Associated Press, adding he was ready to repeat the lecture if re-invited.

"I'm ready to go up again," he said. "This must be carried through. You cannot allow it to be stopped."

Uppsala university says it is unlikely to invite Lars Vilks back.

Vilks.net Hacked

Meanwhile, the blog of Lars Vilks was hacked shortly after the attack. At the time of this post the hacker, with the handle of Al Qatari, hijacked vilks' blog with pro-Islamic messages and urls.

It appears that vilks.net is slowly getting back to normal but at the time of this post the search results showed the hackers message (see photos)