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Gathering storm as protests hit Britain
Times Online (UK) ^ | By Daniel McGrory and Rajeev Syal

Posted on 02/03/2006 6:29:02 PM PST by JustaCowgirl

LEADERS of radical British Muslim groups threatened a campaign of protest last night as demonstrations spread from Europe to the Far East. A crowd of several hundred demonstrated outside the Danish Embassy in Knightsbridge, with protesters repeatedly shouting: “UK you must pray, 7/7 is on its way.”

Western leaders were hoping that Muslim protests had reached their peak after apologies from many politicians and newspapers yesterday for any offence caused by the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. However, organisers in Britain gave warning that their protests would accelerate over the weekend, with BBC offices a target for their wrath.

Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, condemned the decision by some media outlets in Europe to republish the cartoons, calling it “insensitive, disrespectful and wrong”.

He said that freedom of speech did not mean an “open season” on religious taboos, and he praised the British media for what he called their “considerable responsibility and sensitivity” for not publishing them.

A radical Islamic cleric who lived in London until he was banned from Britain called for the killing of broadcasters and newspaper editors who showed insulting cartoons of Muhammad. Omar Bakri Mohammed issued his instructions in a religious fatwa from his hideout in Lebanon. He said that the first to be murdered should be the editor of the Danish newspaper that first published the drawings.

His followers in Britain who helped to organise yesterday’s rowdy demonstration in London supported his demands as they called for more terror attacks to emulate the July 7 suicide bombers. However, the number of protesters was fewer than organisers expected and there were no other significant protests in the capital.

Police refused to act on complaints from passers-by to order the demonstrators to take down banners praising the British-born terror bombers as the “Fantastic Four”, saying that their job yesterday was to ensure that the protest by 500 Muslims passed off peacefully.

Security officials across Europe are concerned that some Islamic militant may act on such a fatwa and attack any one of the 27 editors from 13 European countries who have shown the offending material.

The Irish Daily Star in Dublin was the latest to publish the drawings yesterday.

While Mr Straw criticised such behaviour, French ministers supported the right of editors to reproduce the images in a debate over free speech.

In demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza yesterday a preacher told 9,000 worshippers at one mosque: “We will not accept less than severing the heads of those responsible.”

But as thousands converged on the Palestinian parliament building, Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas spokesman, told the crowd that, whatever their anger, they should not disgrace their religion.

Most of the demonstrations in the Islamic world passed off largely peacefully.

Demonstrators in Indonesiabesieged the Danish Embassy and pelted it with paint and eggs. There were protests in Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan where 800 people converged on the Danish mission in Islamabad. The Pakistan Government called for economic and political sanctions against offending countries.

The US State Department called for European media to act more responsibly and not to offend Muslims. Kurtis Cooper, a department spokesman, said “We all respect freedom of the press but . . . inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable.”

No main US publication has published the images as politicians in Washington seek to repair their reputation in the Islamic world by criticising Western governments that back the showing of the cartoons.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cartoons; england; europe; islam; islam101; london; muslim; protests; radicalislam; uk
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Western leaders were hoping that Muslim protests had reached their peak after apologies from many politicians and newspapers yesterday for any offence caused by the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. However, organisers in Britain gave warning that their protests would accelerate over the weekend, with BBC offices a target for their wrath

Another round, again targeting our British friends.

1 posted on 02/03/2006 6:29:05 PM PST by JustaCowgirl
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To: JustaCowgirl

So long as Muslims exist in Europe, a continuance of violence will surely follow.

It is merely a matter of time before they bomb another major city there.


2 posted on 02/03/2006 6:31:30 PM PST by Emmet Fitzhume ("Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure." President Reagan)
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To: JustaCowgirl

How fast can the BBC get on its knees? Pretty fast.


3 posted on 02/03/2006 6:31:50 PM PST by hershey
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To: JustaCowgirl
The IslamoPukes won't be satisfied without blood flowing.

Prayers for our friends and allies.

4 posted on 02/03/2006 6:33:12 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: JustaCowgirl

Europe had better get used to it. Muslims will soon be the majority and rule Europe.


5 posted on 02/03/2006 6:33:36 PM PST by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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To: hershey
How fast can the BBC get on its knees? Pretty fast.

Yep. Pretty darn fast.

6 posted on 02/03/2006 6:33:40 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (We're in this fight to win. These colors don't run. -- VP Cheney, 12/18/2005)
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To: JustaCowgirl

Jack Straw, and Omar Bakri, this is for you

Mohammed Image Archive - Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History (Updated)

http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/


7 posted on 02/03/2006 6:34:18 PM PST by Proud Infidel
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To: JustaCowgirl

The Brits should transport the mosque monsters to Antarctica..


8 posted on 02/03/2006 6:34:20 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: JustaCowgirl
wow

... censored...

and thats all i have to say about that


9 posted on 02/03/2006 6:34:27 PM PST by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: JustaCowgirl
UK you must pray, 7/7 is on its way.”

Ho, ho, Ho Chi Min/ We will fight and we will win."

Where do these turds get their stupid rhymes from? Sounds like the British Muslims got theirs straight from 1968.

10 posted on 02/03/2006 6:35:12 PM PST by livius
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“UK you must pray, 7/7 is on its way.”

Any excuse for a jihad.......

11 posted on 02/03/2006 6:35:43 PM PST by BossLady
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To: hershey

The boys at the beebs prefer to be on their knees.


12 posted on 02/03/2006 6:36:51 PM PST by Hypervigilant (Iran, you are next.)
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after apologies from many politicians and newspapers yesterday Sweet Mother of Christ! Apologies EMBOLDEN them you idiots! I am convinced that these cartoons are just being used as a pretext. These Islamic leaders are flexing their muscles, seeing how much power they have, how many people they can get in the streets, how many Western leaders to kowtow. This is the time to take a stand and show them rioting doesn't work! Not a time to bend over. I can't believe it. None of these Western "leaders" must have ever had experience disciplining a two-year old.
13 posted on 02/03/2006 6:37:26 PM PST by blueminnesota
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To: JustaCowgirl

Global warming....


14 posted on 02/03/2006 6:37:46 PM PST by Porterville (They took our jobs!!! Der dook er jibs!!! Deer took er jabs!!!)
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To: sheik yerbouty

Preferably in a hermetically sealed container. . .no use polluting the Antarctic wilderness with them....


15 posted on 02/03/2006 6:38:08 PM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: JustaCowgirl


16 posted on 02/03/2006 6:38:42 PM PST by freedumb2003 (American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
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not sure if these were doctored !!! they could be fake !


17 posted on 02/03/2006 6:39:05 PM PST by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: livius
In demonstrations in the West Bank and Gaza yesterday a preacher told 9,000 worshippers at one mosque: “We will not accept less than severing the heads of those responsible.

Violets are blue
Roses are red
Any excuse will do
For a severed head

18 posted on 02/03/2006 6:39:34 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (We're in this fight to win. These colors don't run. -- VP Cheney, 12/18/2005)
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To: JustaCowgirl

wow...
When are these idiots going to learn that these maniacs don't understand apologies...

It's as if we've given these monsters a green light (as if they needed one) to get pissed at the west for any and everything....


19 posted on 02/03/2006 6:39:58 PM PST by fhlh (Polls are for strippers and liberal spinsters.)
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To: freedumb2003

LOL...I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME THING.....LOL....Send these to some Euro-Mosque and see the fur fly.....LOL...


20 posted on 02/03/2006 6:41:09 PM PST by JediForce (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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