He states that he wants to come back to a situation of dialogue, based on the friendship that has existed for a long time between Denmark and the Muslim world. The prime minister is asked by the TV broadcaster Al Jazeera to appear in a program, but has not yet decided whether he will accept. The National Assembly of Bahrain demands an apology from Denmark's head of state, Queen Margrethe II, as well as from the government. If the demands are not met, they will urge an official boycott of Danish goods and the cutting off of oil exports of , in association with other GCC members. Hamas leader Adnan Asfour demands that Denmark punish the twelve artists and Jyllands-Posten. Former US President Bill Clinton states that he fears antisemitism will be replaced with anti-Islamic prejudice and condemns "these totally outrageous cartoons against Islam". Russian president Vladimir Putin indicates in a speech in the Kremlin that the Danish political authorities are using the theme of freedom of expression to protect those who have insulted the Muslims. The Icelandic newspaper DV publishes six of the twelve cartoons. The German newspaper die tageszeitung publishes two of the cartoons. In Greece Eleftherotipia publishes one of the cartoons. al Jazeera broadcasts a speech from Danish-based leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammed Fouad al-Barazi, in which he tearfully describes Danish plans to burn the Quran, leading to worldwide outrage. February 1 February The French newspaper France Soir publishes the cartoons, adding one of their own. Managing director Jacques Lefranc is fired later the same day by owner Raymond Lakah, a French-Egyptian binational and Roman Catholic (the chief editor, Serge Faubert, is not fired). The French Government dissociates itself from the initiative. The German newspaper Die Welt publishes some of the cartoons, as do the German newspapers Tagesspiegel and Berliner Zeitung. The Italian newspaper La Stampa publishes the cartoons. The Spanish newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya publishes the cartoons. The Dutch papers Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad, and Elsevier publish the cartoons. The Danish embassy in Syria is evacuated because of a hoax bomb threat. The Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs criticises the Danish government for its slow actions on the matter. The Russian Orthodox Church and the Muftiat condemned the European newspapers that republished the cartoons. Chechen warlord, politician, and leader Shamil Basayev condemns the cartoons. Jyllands-Posten's headquarters as well as its office in Copenhagen is again