The government said the cartoons in two books and a magazine posed a security threat, but one of the artists said he was obligated to highlight issues other cartoonists would not. Malaysia has ...

Malaysia currently heads the Organization of the Islamic Conference [official website] and the republication of the cartoons by a Malaysia media outlet is said to have caused the government some ...

Muslim-majority Malaysia has ordered a nationwide ban on owning or distributing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have outraged the Islamic world, saying they could trigger public tensions.

Thousands of Muslims in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Middle East have continued protests against controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The first major ...