You've probably heard of the recent protest and uproar following the comical representation of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. Its against the belief of muslim create any image of anything be it living or non living either in form of pictures or drawings or even castings i.e statues etc,thus the comical representation of the prophet Moohammed has caused greviances in certain quarters.
Thousands of children chanting "Hang those who insulted the Prophet" have taken part in a rally against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Around 5,000 youngsters - mainly aged 8 to 12 and some in school uniform - marched in Karachi. In Pakistan,voilent militants torched a coffin draped in US, Israeli and Danish flags at a traffic intersection in the port city as police in riot gear looked on. Pakistani police resorted to tear gas to stop a protest in Islamabad over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons first published in a Danish newspaper, which again apologized,while in Northern Nigeria troops enforced a curfew after the bloodiest rioting yet. The streets of the Pakistani capital were littered with tear gas canisters after police dispersed youths trying to reach the capital's heavily guarded diplomatic enclave, and made baton charges when they hurled stones. In Nigeria soldiers patrolled two cities after 16 people died and 11 churches were torched in rioting Saturday which targeted the Christian minority. A Catholic priest was among the victims.
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