Teachers should be allowed to show Prophet Mohammed cartoons in school as part of a national curriculum on the Europe massacres caused by the images , Danish politicians have said . In January , 12 people at the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo which reprinted Danish cartoons , and later created some of their own , were shot dead in a jihadist attack on their Paris offices . And the Danish newspaper which originally printed 12 satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005 sparked protests in parts of the Islamic world . The paper received death threats . In January , Cherif and Said Kouachi ( pictured ) shot 12 people dead in a jihadist attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in revenge for the paper printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed . Solidarity : Just days after the attacks , an estimated 3.7million people took to the streets of Paris in a defiant show of support for Charlie Hebdo staff . Mai Mercado , a Conservative People 's Party spokeswoman , wrote in the daily Jyllands-Posten : 'The cartoon crisis , the Charlie Hebdo killings and the latest terrorist attack in Copenhagen on February 14 are such an important part of history they should have a permanent place on the school curriculum . ' However , she stressed that teachers would be free to choose whether or not to show the cartoons themselves , as long as the topic was discussed . 'Politically we do n't regulate the details of what students are taught , that 's an old tradition to make sure that Danish schools are kept free from political interference . ' But she added that if teachers refused to show the cartoons she was 'convinced the students would go home and run a Google search because students are curious ' . The Conservatives were shown as having 5.3per cent of voter support in a poll this week , meaning it would be the second smallest party in parliament if elections were held today . But the anti-immigrant Danish People 's Party ( DPP ) , which was ranked third with 19.6per cent support by the same poll , went even further , saying that showing the cartoons should be mandatory in schools . The Danish embassy in Damascus , Syria , is set alight after hundreds protest the cartoons printed in a Danish newspaper in 2005 . In 2005 a Danish newspaper 's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed triggered protests across the globe . Pictured are Iranian protesters burning a Danish flag . British Muslims protest outside the Danish embassy in Knightsbridge , London , in February 2006 during the controversy caused by the newspaper 's cartoons . 'If you live in Denmark you should also be able to tolerate seeing the drawings , ' party spokesman Alex Ahrendtsen told the daily Berlingske . However , the head of Denmark 's teachers ' union , Anders Bondo Christensen , said that he believed it should be up to each teacher to decide whether and how to talk about the controversial drawings . An appropriate way to discuss them could be to 'perhaps invite some Muslim children 's parents to explain why it provokes ' them , he told news agency Ritzau .
Danish politicians call for Charlie Hebdo attacks to be taught in schools . teachers ' should be allowed to teach students the cartoons if they wish ' Crisis caused by the cartoons ' should be on the school curriculum ' In 2005 , cartoons in a Danish classroom also sparked widespread controversy . Conservative parties believe the controversies are an important part of history .