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Tiny Minority of Extremists and Cartoon Rage Updates. “Cartoon protesters defy rally ban,” from AP, with thanks to Nicolei: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Thousands of Muslims defied a ban on rallies Friday in Pakistan’s capital, joining protesters across the country in condemning the Prophet Muhammad cartoons printed by some Western newspapers. The demonstrations after midday prayers […]

From AP: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” Pakistani security forces arrested hundreds of Islamic hard-liners, virtually sealed off the capital and used gunfire and tear gas Sunday to quell protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Authorities in eastern Pakistan had banned protests after riots killed five people in two cities last week. Elsewhere in the Muslim […]

From AFP Hundreds of angry Muslims ransacked two churches in southern Pakistan before setting them on fire after allegations that a Christian had desecrated the Koran, police and officials said.

Sign held at a cartoon rage rally Wednesday in Pakistan.

Cartoon Madness Update from AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: KARACHI (AFP) – Denmark temporarily shut its embassy in Islamabad and Pakistan recalled its envoy from Copenhagen, amid relentless protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. An Islamic cleric added fuel to the fire by offering a one-million-dollar reward for killing the artists of the […]

A letter from a courageous Pakistani woman: “Pakistani viewpoint,” in the Milpitas Post (thanks to Looney Tunes): Dear Editor, I was saddened to read the letter of Javed Altaf in the Milpitas Post dated Feb 2, “Text clashes extremist, moderate Hindus.” As a woman from Pakistan who immigrated to the United States, I would like […]

More utter stark-raving cartoon madness. An update on this story from AP: PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Gunfire and rioting erupted Wednesday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in several Pakistani cities during the country’s third consecutive day of violent protests over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons. Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old […]

An update to this story. “Two dead in Pakistan rioting,” from AP, : LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — More than 1,000 protesters stormed into Islamabad’s diplomatic district while thousands vandalized Western businesses and torched a government building in another city Tuesday, in Pakistan’s worst wave of violence against the Prophet Mohammed cartoons, officials said. At least […]

Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: 1,000 to 1,500 cartoon ragers riot in Pakistan. From AP, with thanks to JE: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Police fired tear gas Tuesday as they chased away more than 1,000 protesters “” some brandishing sticks and throwing stones “” who stormed into the heavily guarded diplomatic enclave in Pakistan’s capital, demonstrating […]

More indication of the grave difficulties Christians face in Pakistan — which is why I keep insisting that any aid to this putative friend and ally should be predicated upon a complete ending of violence toward and discrimination against Christians. From Compass Direct, with thanks to Tom Syseskey: February 8 (Compass) — A crowd of […]