Muslims protest in Pta
10/02/2006 16:26  - (SA)  

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Pretoria - Around a thousand Muslims of all ages gathered outside the Danish embassy in Pretoria on Friday protesting against the controversial series of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

The protest was monitored by uniformed police officers who stood guard at the entrance of the embassy, and a police vehicle on the street with the marchers.

"We support democracy and freedom of speech but should that freedom of speech be at the expense of 1.5 billion people world wide?" asked march spokesperson Muhammad Nur Nordien.

He said South African Muslims found the cartoons blasphemous and provocative in the extreme.

The marchers included men and women of all ages.

Some carried placards reading "Muhammad = peace not terrorism", "Mockery of Religious Beliefs is Oppression", "Cartoons equal Islamophobia".

One of the posters appealed for a boycott of Danish products.

- SAPA

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