 The supposed refusals from these first three artists to participate was seen as evidence of self @-@ censorship out of fear of violence from Islamists , which led to much debate in Denmark . The Danish news paper Politiken stated at February 12 , 2006 , that they asked Bluitgen to put them in touch with the artists , so the claim that none of them dared to work with him could be proved . The author refused , and nobody has ever been able to confirm whether the incident is properly described . 
