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The Cartoon Jihad The Arab World Protests

Throughout the Arab world, protestors took to the streets this weekend to demonstrate against Denmark and other European countries where newspapers reprinted caricatures that were disparaging to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the Danish embassy in Damascus on Saturday, Feb. 4. Hundreds of Syrian demonstrators set the Danish embassy on fire.

Foto: REUTERS
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Rioters cheer as flames and smoke rise out of the Danish Embassy.

Foto: REUTERS
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Palestinian students burn a Danish flag outside the European Union's diplomatic offices in Gaza City. The headquarters has been closed for two days.

Foto: AFP
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God is great: Indonesian protesters gather in front of the Danish Embassy in Jakarta. After briefly storming the embassy, they threw rotten tomatoes and eggs at guards.

Foto: AP
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Boycott in Baghdad: Iraqis burn boxes with made in Denmark labels.

Foto: REUTERS
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Muslims protesters shout slogans and wave banners denouncing the European Union in the western city of Izmir.

Foto: REUTERS
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Students of Islamic seminary Jamia Tul Manzoorul Islam shout anti-Danish slogans during a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan.

Foto: AFP
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How Dare You: Muslim protesters also took to the streets in London, where they set fire to a Danish flag outside of Copenhagen's embassy in Britain.

Foto: AFP
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The publication of the drawings of Muhammad have sparked wide scale denunciation in Khartoum, Sudan.

Foto: AP
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Lebanese protestors: "Donkey, please excuse us for comparing you with the Norwegian press."

Foto: AP
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