SUBHANALLAH. Dato Bandar London, Mayor Ken Livingstone telah mengetuai perarakan aman yang disertai beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan di kotaraya London bagi membantah penyiaran kartun menghina Nabi saw pada hari Sabtu 11 Februari 2006
Dato Bandar KL, Ipoh, Johor Bharu, Melaka, Menteri-Menteri Besar, Wakil-Wakil Parlimen dan Wakil Rakyat kat Malaysia ni bila pula nak ketuai perarakan aman membantah penyiaran kartun junjungan kita Nabi Muhammad saw ? Laporan dari Islam Online 11 Feb 2006 http://islamonline.net/English/News/2006-02/11/article01.shtml Livingstone Leads Cartoon Protest, Norway Apologizes "I am supporting this event because it will allow the views of the mainstream Muslim community to be properly heard," said Livingstone. LONDON, February 11, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) London Mayor Ken Livingstone leads Saturday, February 11, thousands of Britons in a London rally to protest at Danish cartoons that mocked Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as a Norwegian magazine that published the blasphemous drawings apologized to the Muslim world. "I am supporting this event because, unlike some of the BBC's coverage, it will allow the views of the mainstream Muslim community to be properly heard," Reuters quoted Livingstone as telling reporters. He was referring to the British broadcasters devoting too much coverage to a rally by a "tiny minority" -- as he put it -- of Muslim hardliners who had taken part in the highly publicized protest at the Danish embassy last week. Livingstone also criticized the BBC for briefly showing the cartoons on some of its news bulletins. "There is no excuse for breaking the law and anyone who does so should and will face prosecution, but there is no getting away from the fact that this whole episode has allowed much of Europe's media to engage in an orgy of Islamophobia," Livingstone said. The drawings were first published in a Danish newspaper, but have since appeared in a number of other publications in Europe. The Danish newspaper that first published the cartoons has apologized for offending Muslims, although not for printing the drawings. Legitimate Voice Muslims protest against the cartoons in front of the Danish embassy in Caracas. (Reuters) The London rallys organizers, including the Muslim Council of Britain and the Muslim Association of Britain, said in a statement the march expresses the "legitimate voice" of the Muslim minority in Britain. "The first message we want to send to the country is that of the legitimate voice of the Muslim community as opposed to those that hijacked last week's demonstration outside the Danish embassy," the organizers said in a statement carried by Reuters. Last week, about 400 angry protesters gathered outside the Danish embassy in London carrying placards with slogans such as "Massacre those who insult Islam". One man was dressed as a suicide bomber and has since been arrested for breaching his prison parole order. He apologized to the British people, especially the families of the 7/7 victims for hurting their feelings. Appealing to Muslims to remain peaceful, the organizers said: "It may appear to them that there is a great Western conspiracy against their faith, but there are a large number of people who are on the side of reconciliation, and we hope that comes out loud and clear on Saturday." Muslim scholars from Cairo to Copenhagen have urged Muslims protesting against the Danish cartoons to stop violent rallies and display restraint. The protests go Friday unabated with around 200 mainly Muslim protesters marched to the Danish Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, and burnt a Danish and an American flag. "I am a Christian. I am supporting my friends. There has to be respect, whether you're Christian, Muslim or Shiite, you have to respect everything," Elias Antonio, a young Venezuelan protester sporting a red baseball cap, told Reuters. It was the first such demonstration in Latin America in a sweeping global protest over the cartoons that has brought millions of Muslims to the streets from Jakarta to Nairobi. Norwegian Apology Magazinet editor Selbekk (L) meets with the chairman of the Islamic Council of Norway Hamdan in Oslo. (Reuters) Meanwhile, the editor of a Norwegian Christian newspaper apologized to Muslims on Friday for publishing the cartoons. Vebjoern Selbekk, who initially defended his January 10 publication of the cartoons in Magazinet as an expression of press freedom, shook hands after his apology with a Muslim leader in Norway who said he considered the controversy over, Reuters reported. "I address myself personally to the Muslim community to say that I am sorry that your religious feelings have been hurt," Selbekk told a news conference. "It was never our intent to hurt anyone." "I, as editor, did not fully understand how hurtful the publication of the facsimile was. I would like to apologies for that today." He also said he "deeply regretted" upsetting Muslims. The Islamic Council in Norway welcomed Selbekk's apology and said they would protect him. "Anyone who touches him, touches us," said Mohammad Hamdan, leader of the council who shook Selbekk's hand after a joint news conference hosted by Norway's Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Haakon Hanssen. "I understand ... that he has children the same age as mine. I want his children to grow up together, live together in peace, and become friends," Hamdan said. "Our Prophet Muhammad has said that everyone can make mistakes but the best is the one who expresses regret and asks for forgiveness," he said. Hanssen praised Selbekk and Hamdan for their accord. "When these two are building bridges, it creates a basis for reconciliation and a hope that others will do the same." Sudi-sudi layari blog saya di waghih.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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