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4,000 Women Rally Against Anti-Islam Film
-- Thousands of women rallied Karachi Saturday to protest against
reprinting of blasphemous cartoons in some 17 Danish newspapers and an
anti-Islam Dutch film, witnesses said.
The women shouted "death to Denmark and death to Netherlands," as they
marched about a kilometre on a busy street. Police said up to 4,000
women, mostly from the Jamaat-e-Islami, took part in the demonstration,
venting anger against the Internet release of a 15-minute film last
month by far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders and publication of the
blasphemous sketches. In a resolution, the rally urged the government
to cease diplomatic ties with Denmark and the Netherlands and expel
their envoys.
"We will defend the honour of our Prophet (Peace be upon him) and our
religion at the cost of our lives," the Jamaat-e-Islami
said.
Pakistan's foreign ministry last month summoned the Dutch ambassador
and lodged a "strong protest" over Wilders's film, which it said
"deeply offended the sentiments of Muslims all over the world." The
cartoons originally appeared in a Danish newspaper in September 2005,
sparking anger and protests across the Muslim world. Five people died
in Pakistan in February 2006 during violent protests against the
drawings.
Iran Quran News Agency.