40,000 in Karachi Protest Cartoons of Muhammad
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb.16 Tens of thousands of people marched through this southern Pakistani city Thursday, shouting " God is great. (article 7)
Burning effigies of the Danish prime minister in the country's fourth day of protests over newspaper cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, police said. (article 7)
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 8 Like tens of thousands of protesters this week, the crowd that gathered Wednesday in the southern Afghan town of Qalat came to speak out against cartoons in European newspapers mocking the prophet Muhammad. (article 8)
The protesters in the eastern city of Jalalabad denounced an upcoming Dutch film that reportedly criticizes Islam's holy book, the Quran. (article 5)
More than 300 people gathered Wednesday in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of Logar province, for a demonstration organized by students, said deputy provincial police chief Abdul Majid Latifi. (article 6)
Local elders and villagers joined the protest, burning the Danish and Dutch flags and urging President Hamid Karzai to issue a statement of condemnation, said Mohammad Shafiq Popal, head of the Logar youth and students association. (article 6)
The group condemned the "villainous behavior" of the newspapers and criticized Denmark's government for failing to stop the cartoon's publication, according to a written statement. (article 2)
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Danish, Prophet, Cartoons, Denmark, Muhammad |
Source articles
- Cartoons of Prophet Met With Outrage (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 537 words)
- Thai Muslims Protest Danish Cartoon (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 186 words)
- Lebanon Protesters Set Embassy Afire (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 611 words)
- Afghans Protest Over Prophet Cartoons (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 232 words)
- Afghans Protest Prophet Cartoon, Film (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 271 words)
- Afghans Protest Dane Cartoon, Dutch Film (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 374 words)
- 40,000 in Karachi Protest Cartoons of Muhammad (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 361 words)
- Opportunists Make Use of Cartoon Protests (Washington Post, 03/16/2008, 532 words)
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