In Pakistan, there have now been two days of violent protests over the Muhammad cartoons in France.
Quote:Thousands of Pakistani Islamists clashed with police for a second day on Tuesday in protest against the arrest of their leader ahead of rallies denouncing French cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, officials said.
At least one activist and one police officer died from wounds suffered overnight after Islamists blocked highways, rail tracks and main entry and exit routes, paralysing business in almost all major cities.
The group blocked one of the main roads into the capital late last year and called off their protest only after the government signed a deal with them, agreeing to endorse a boycott of French products.
At the time, protests had broken out in several Muslim countries over France’s response to a deadly attack on a teacher who showed cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad to pupils during a civics lesson.
Pakistan’s parliament had condemned the re-printing of the cartoons in France, urging the government to withdraw its ambassador.
“We are out on the streets because the government didn’t honour the agreement,” said the group’s spokesman, Ejaz Ashrafi.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakis...SKBN2C0167
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