Cartoon Body Count

A counter-demonstration against a freedom of speech rally in London is going ahead in Birmingham.

Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has resigned in a row related to cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Isfahan/Tehran - A two-day conference titled 'Constructive Religious Dialogue - Framework for World Order' was opened Saturday in Isfahan, central Iran.

More than 20,000 supporters of a radical Islamic group held a peaceful rally against the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons Friday in an eastern Pakistan city and accused the government of being "soft" on the West over the controversy.

About 150 people in Toronto decided yesterday it was time to show Denmark some support.
"We support the Danes and the freedom to express yourself without fear of violence or reprisal," said Daniel Dale, who along with Nav Purewal organized yesterday's rally outside the Danish consulate on Bloor St.

CAIRO Lawyers for a cleric have urged a judge in Yemen to condemn to death a local editor who published the Danish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, the newspaper's Web site said Thursday.

After months of violence in the Muslim world and heated discussions about the Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad, Stony Brook University decided to hold a discussion panel in which the speakers were asked to discuss the religious and political implications of the cartoons, the Muslim response to the cartoons and freedom of the press.

ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the government to block internet sites displaying sacrilegious cartoons and called explanation from authorities concerned as to why these sites had not been blocked earlier.

Gazeta.Ru news website has received official notice after having reprinted the scandalous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed first published in Denmark’s Jullands-Posten.

Arrests will be made "in the near future" over last month's protests in London against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, police have said.

Tens of thousands of protesters in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi have held a peaceful march against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
Some shouted "Death to Denmark," where the cartoons were first published.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Security was tightened across Pakistan on Friday during a strike called by radical Islamic groups to protest Prophet Muhammad drawings, with most shops and businesses closed in several cities, officials said.

Staffordshire's church leaders have condemned the British National Party for distributing leaflets depicting a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.
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The Bishop of Stafford said people should "stand against the evil trying to divide us".

KARACHI: About 5,000 children chanting “Hang those who insulted the prophet” rallied against caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) on Tuesday, with some torching an effigy of the Danish premier and coffins representing Denmark, Israel and the United States.

Security forces prevented a rally in Lahore organised by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) on Sunday, while just 25,000 people protested peacefully in Karachi against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

In Lahore, the organisers planned to gather at Nasir Bagh and then march to Faisal Chowk, but security forces blocked all routes to The Mall and arrested around 200 people, including MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, MNA Imran Khan and PML-Nawaz leader Pervez Malik.