Danish cartoon protest, Jerusalem, Palestine
Thousands of Palestinians protest bomb-attired prophet cartoon By Associated Press February 10, 2006 Thousands of Palestinians, some firing rifles in the air, others burning Danish flags, demonstrated Friday against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.

The drawings, which have been reprinted in publications across Europe, sparked outrage across the Islamic world, with violent...
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Danish cartoon protest, Jerusalem, Palestine
Thousands of Palestinians protest bomb-attired prophet cartoon By Associated Press February 10, 2006 Thousands of Palestinians, some firing rifles in the air, others burning Danish flags, demonstrated Friday against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.

The drawings, which have been reprinted in publications across Europe, sparked outrage across the Islamic world, with violent protests in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Afghanistan. In recent weeks, Palestinians held mass protests, threatened to kidnap Europeans in Gaza and chased foreign observers out of the West Bank city of Hebron.

The demonstrations following Friday afternoon's Muslim prayers were smaller than other recent protests here, but indicated the Palestinians remained angry at Denmark's refusal to apologize for the cartoons.

Israeli police unsuccessfully tried to prevent protests in Jerusalem by barring all men under the age of 45 from attending Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest site.

But about 2,000 women, young boys and older men marched around the Dome of the Rock shrine on the compound, chanting "Bin Laden, strike again." Some of the protesters trampled a homemade Danish flag. Others ripped a flag and lit it on fire.
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