 About 5,000 children chanting “Hang those who insulted the Prophet” rallied in Pakistan’s largest city today in the latest fiery protest in the Islamic nation against the publication of Prophet Mohammed cartoons.
| KARACHI (Rantburg News Service): 5000 screaming children, toddlers and babies rioted in Karachi. The little brats chanted "Hang those who insulted the Profit," "More toys!", and "I don't wanna take a nap!" as they rallied outside a daycare center, the latest fiery protest in a nation that does little but protest things and kill people. |
The children, aged 8 to 12, torched a coffin draped in US, Israeli and Danish flags at a traffic intersection in the port city of Karachi as police in riot gear looked on.
| The children, aged 6 months to 12 years, set fire to a coffin draped in US, Israeli and Danish flags at a chowk, flung their diapers, and lay down on the streets, screaming and kicking their feet. Cries of "No more Fisher-Price!" and "Tonka rulez!" were heard from those old enough to talk. |
The rally was organised by Jamaat-e-Islami, PakistanÂ’s largest Islamic group.
| "We believe that for proper development children should be taught to riot early," said Liaqat Baloch, the JI second-in-command and organizer of the event. |
Children, some wearing school uniforms and headbands emblazoned with “God is great,” were released from schools and Islamic seminaries to take part.
| The children, some wearing school uniforms and headbands emblazoned with "Allahu Akbar [Holy Shit!]," carrying pictures of Barney, Evil Bert, and Osama bin Laden, were released from schools and madrassahs to take part in the festivities. |
Meanwhile, opposition politician Liaqat Baloch, deputy secretary-general of the coalition, today welcomed the European Union’s first statement on the controversy. EU foreign ministers yesterday said they regretted the cartoons were “considered offensive” by Muslims around the world after first appearing in a Danish newspaper in September. But Baluch demanded that Denmark should also apologise.
| Baloch, a prominent figure in opposition politix in Pakland, welcomed the European Union's first pitiful statements on the Mohammad cartoons controversy. European foreign ministers said they regretted the cartoons and requested that their cars not be bombed. But Baloch said the statements of regret were "too little, too late," and demanded that the foreign ministers present themselves in Karachi or Rawalpindi and grovel publicly. |
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