Saturday, February 4, 2006

Muslim Cartoon News Roundup: Sat 4 Feb. AM

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinian riot police clash with demonstrators during a protest outside the European Union headquarters in Gaza City Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006. Hundreds of Palestinians marched through the streets of Gaza City on Saturday, storming European buildings and burning German and Danish flags to protest cartoons deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) COMMENTLINE
Submitted for your perusal are selected news links for Saturday morning.

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NEWSLINE
Two New Zealand newspapers on Saturday reprinted the cartoons, which have appeared in newspapers in Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, [Belgium,] and Hungary, saying the decision was based on press freedom.

NEWSBYTES
Muslim anger on cartoons spreads
No apology over Mohammed images, says Denmark
GAZA CITY (AP) -- Tens of thousands of angry Muslims marched through Palestinian cities, burning the Danish flag and calling for vengeance Friday against European countries where caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed were published.

Irate Muslims Stage New Protests
Western Officials Seek To Calm Tensions Over Cartoons of Muhammad
JERUSALEM, Feb. 3 (washingtonpost.com) -- Muslims emerging from Friday prayer services staged a new round of flag-burning demonstrations in many countries to protest European cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Western officials, increasingly worried over long-term damage to relations, sought to calm the tensions, sometimes by calling publication of the images irresponsible

Belgian newspapers print cartoons
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Flemish newspapers on Friday printed a series of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, including those published in a Danish newspaper that have sparked outrage across the Muslim world.

More outrage over Prophet cartoons
(Aljazeera) -- Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have triggered more outrage across the Islamic world, as more European newspapers published them in the name of freedom of speech.

Fury over Prophet cartoons
GAZA (Reuters) -- Palestinian youths tried on Saturday to storm the European Union office in Gaza in protest over the printing by European newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that has whipped up fury across the Islamic world.

Cartoons Force Danish Muslims to Examine Loyalties
(NYT) -- The dispute over the unflattering images depicting the Prophet Muhummad have exposed nuances of immigrant societies across Europe.

Palestinians Storm German Center in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- About two dozen Palestinians burst into the German cultural center in Gaza City on Saturday, smashing windows and breaking doors to protest caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Down the street from the cultural center, about 30 Palestinians threw stones at the European...

Image Digest: Muslim Cartoon Protests

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