Shams (Sun), a Saudi newspaper, was acting with the best of intentions when it republished some of the infamous Prophet Muhammad cartoons with an eye towards mobilizing its young Saudi readership against Denmark.

You know what they say about the road to hell and best intentions.

An excerpt from the BBC story:

But whatever the motive behind it, the mere fact of publishing the cartoons does not seem to have gone down well with the authorities.

Sources in Saudi Arabia have told the BBC that the ministry of media and culture has launched an investigation into the paper's decision to print the images.

As a result, they say that the ministry has now suspended the paper.

Executives at Shams contacted by the BBC did not wish to confirm this, but the paper did not appear on Monday.