 Experts — including Helle Lykke Nielsen — who have examined the dossier said that it was broadly accurate from a technical point of view but contained a few falsehoods and could easily have misled people not familiar with Danish society , an assessment which the imams have since agreed to . Some mistakes were that Islam is not officially recognised as a religion in Denmark ( it is ) , that the cartoons are the result of a contest , and that Anders Fogh Rasmussen in his role as Prime Minister gave a medal to Ayaan Hirsi Ali ( he gave one in his capacity as party leader of the Liberal Party ) . The imams also claimed to speak on behalf of 28 organisations , many of which later denied any connection to them . Additions such as the " pig " photograph may have polarised the situation ( the association of a person and a pig is considered very insulting in Islamic culture ) , as they were confused for the cartoons published in the newspaper . Muslims who met with the group later said Akkari 's delegation had given them the impression that Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen somehow controlled or owned Jyllands @-@ Posten . 
