Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Muslims staged a demonstration in Copenhagen to protest the reprinting in Danish newspapers of cartoons that depict the Prophet Muhammad.
The event, arranged by the Danish branch of an Islamist organization, Hizb ut-Tahrir, took place today in the Noerrebro district. Danish television channel TV2 said some 1,500 people participated.
Hizb ut-Tahrir staged the demonstration to protest ``the hateful insults against the Prophet Muhammad,'' the organization said on its Web site.
Denmark's three biggest newspapers, and about a dozen regional ones, on Feb. 13 reprinted an image of Muhammad by cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whom police say was the target of a terrorist-related murder plot. The cartoon was one of 12 printed in 2005 by newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which prompted protests in Muslim communities worldwide at the beginning of 2006.
Danish police had arrested three suspects Feb. 12 in the alleged plot to kill Westergaard, 73.
Hundreds of demonstrators participated today in a Hamas- staged rally in the Gaza Strip protesting the caricatures, Agence France-Presse reported.
Youths also rallied today in Pakistan and burned a picture of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark's prime minister, AFP said. The Danish government repeated a warning to Danes to avoid ``unnecessary'' trips to Pakistan.
The event, arranged by the Danish branch of an Islamist organization, Hizb ut-Tahrir, took place today in the Noerrebro district. Danish television channel TV2 said some 1,500 people participated.
Hizb ut-Tahrir staged the demonstration to protest ``the hateful insults against the Prophet Muhammad,'' the organization said on its Web site.
Denmark's three biggest newspapers, and about a dozen regional ones, on Feb. 13 reprinted an image of Muhammad by cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whom police say was the target of a terrorist-related murder plot. The cartoon was one of 12 printed in 2005 by newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which prompted protests in Muslim communities worldwide at the beginning of 2006.
Danish police had arrested three suspects Feb. 12 in the alleged plot to kill Westergaard, 73.
Hundreds of demonstrators participated today in a Hamas- staged rally in the Gaza Strip protesting the caricatures, Agence France-Presse reported.
Youths also rallied today in Pakistan and burned a picture of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark's prime minister, AFP said. The Danish government repeated a warning to Danes to avoid ``unnecessary'' trips to Pakistan.
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