feels like Deja Vu.
Danish Muslims in cartoon protest
By Frances Harrison
BBC religious affairs reporter, Copenhagen
[image: Muslims wave flags at a protest in Copenhagen, Denmark, 15
February 2008] The attitude of many demonstrators was of resignation rather
than anger
*Hundreds of Danish Muslims have been demonstrating in Copenhagen against
the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad they consider offensive.
*
The cartoon depicts the Prophet with a bomb in his turban.
All major Danish newspapers decided to republish it after Danish
intelligence said it had uncovered a plot to kill one of the cartoonists.
Protestors marched in the capital's streets shouting "God is Great!" and
"Freedom of speech is like a plague!".
Many carried the black and white flags of Hizb ut-Tahrir - the radical
Islamic party that calls for the creation of a caliphate.
Earlier, at Friday prayers, Danish Muslims from many backgrounds expressed
frustration that one of the cartoons they find so offensive could have been
printed again.
*Weary resignation*
Many said they simply could not understand the motive unless it was hatred
for Islam.
But the overwhelming mood was not so much anger but weary resignation; a
sense that they have been through this crisis once before and nothing has
been learnt.
[image: Muslim demonstrators in Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 February
2008] Radical
Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir calls for the creation of a caliphate
Some Danish Muslims said they felt the problem was not the Danish people who
were, if not well informed about Islam, at least generally liberal.
Instead, they pointed the finger of blame at the Danish media, saying it had
stirred controversy instead of trying to help mend community relations.
On Tuesday, Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service said it had
uncovered a plot by three Muslims in Denmark to kill one of the cartoonists.
Two of the men, who are not Danish citizens, are due to be expelled to
Tunisia rather than put on trial.
Many Danish Muslims criticised this decision, saying it would be better to
examine the evidence and punish the men if they were really guilty.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7247817.stm
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