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It has been three weeks since violence started in the Islamic world in wake of the publication of cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. It began with Palestinians burning Danish flags, rose to a crescendo in Beirut, and reached what might be called fever pitch in Afghanistan. In the latter country a number of people were killed in the violence. In Pakistan, for some inexplicable reason, Islamists took up the cudgel in defence of the honour of the Prophet of Islam rather late in the chain on events. As if to compensate for this, the violence...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Afghans clashed with police and soldiers Monday during a demonstration against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in European newspapers. One person was killed and four wounded, officials said. Afghan police officers try to stop Muslim protesters during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. Clashes in Afghanistan left one person dead and four others injured as protests against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad roiled across Asia on Monday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool Police fired on the demonstrators after a man in the crowd shot at them and others...