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Muslim Protests Intensify Over Prophet Muhammad Cartoons

HeadlineFeb 06, 2006

Muslims are continuing to protest around the world over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped as a bomb with a burning fuse. The cartoons first appeared in a Danish newspaper in September. Muslims say the images are blasphemous and contrary to Islamic tradition prohibiting depictions of the prophet. In Lebanon and Syria, protesters set ablaze the Danish embassies. Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Libya have all recalled ambassadors from Denmark. In Jordan, two newspaper editors have been arrested for reprinting the cartoons. In Afghanistan, one person died after police opened fire on protesters. In Iraq, over 1,000 Sunni Muslims protested in Ramadi calling for Iraq to end political, diplomatic, cultural and economic relations with any European country where the cartoons were reprinted. Protests were also held in Indonesia, Thailand, the West Bank and New Zealand. Earlier today Denmark issued a list of 14 Muslim countries which Danish travelers should avoid.

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