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Protests rage over prophet cartoons

Updated on 03 February 2006

By Channel 4 News

Protests have raged throughout the world against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers.


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The drawings first appeared in a Danish newspaper, leading to Muslim demonstrations at the Scandinavian country's embassy in Indonesia.

The Afghan President and Pakistan's parliament denounced the cartoons. European flags were burned in the West Bank, and in London a group marched from Regent's Park Mosque to the Danish embassy.

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