10,000 Protest Prophet Cartoons in London By JENNIFER PRICE Associated Press Writer
February 18, 2006, 7:47 AM EST LONDON -- More than 10,000 angry people protested in central London Saturday against the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have infuriated many in the Muslim world. "Free speech cheap insults," read one demonstrator's placard. "How dare you insult the blessed Prophet Muhammed?" asked another. Buses brought participants from cities around Britain to gather in Trafalgar Square, and they planned to march later Saturday to Hyde Park. Speakers shouted from the podium and the crowd yelled back as the demonstration grew increasingly angry. "Every Muslim understands this basic concept of the centrality in importance of Muhammad to their lives," said Taji Mustafa, a spokesman for the Muslim Action Committee, which organized the event. "So when he is demonized, the young and old are deeply affected. As long as the abuse is ongoing we will continue to rise up in protest." The Muslim world has been outraged by the drawings, first published in a Danish newspaper in September then reprinted by European papers asserting their news value and the right to freedom of expression. Some protests have turned violent, killing at least 29 people in the Muslim world. On Friday, a mob set fire to the Italian consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, and at least 10 people were killed clashes with police. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-britain-prophet-drawings,0,1315803.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
