THE TENSION: Images of Tension: Muslim Cartoon Protests #16

Thursday, February 9, 2006

Images of Tension: Muslim Cartoon Protests #16

Demonstrators in Cape Town march to protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, February 9, 2006. A court in South Africa last week issued an order preventing local newspapers from publishing the cartoons, which first appeared in Denmark. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

A veiled Shiite Muslim woman holds a placard as she walks with other women wearing bandanas reading 'Here I Am At You Service, Oh Messenger Of God' during a march to mark Ashoura day in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006. Ashoura day is the remembrance of the 680 A.D. battle in which their saint and grandson of Islam's prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussein, was killed by rivals cementing the split in Islam between Shiites and Sunnis. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese Hizbollah supporters chant slogan 'death to America, death to Israel' during Ashoura ceremony held in Beirut, Lebanon February 9, 2006. More than 250,000 Shi'ite Muslim transformed a religious ceremony in the Lebanese capital on Thursday into a protest against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Indonesian Muslims burn placards during a protest outside the Denmark embassy in Jakarta February 8, 2006. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)

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