Muslim anger snowballs over cartoons on Prophet

Cartoons including a portrayal of the prophet wearing a time-bomb shaped turban were published in a Danish newspaper last September and reprinted in a Norwegian magazine in January, sparking uproar in the Muslim world where images of the prophet are considered blasphemous.

Egypt's powerful opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Monday was the latest group to join a chorus of calls for the boycott of Danish and Norwegian products.

"I call on Arab and Muslim peoples and governments to boycott Danish and Norwegian products and take firm measures," the Islamist movement's leader Mohammed Mehdi Akef said in a statement.

The incident has threatened to deal an unprecedented blow to the Muslim and Arab world's usually healthy relations with Scandinavian governments, who are major donors in the region.