Reply #14: READ THE DAMN BBC ARTICLE INSTEAD OF SPECULATING [View All]

[tocqueville]

Pressure on police over protest

Many Muslims do not believe the protesters are representative

Police are coming under political pressure to explain why no arrests were made during demonstrations in which protesters chanted threatening slogans.

The protests on Friday in London over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad saw slogans and placards glorifying the 7 July London bombings.

Shadow Attorney General Dominic Grieve questioned why no-one was arrested.

Police said they were studying footage of the protests but refused to say if any prosecutions would go ahead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4682262.stm



· In London, 700 Muslims held a second day of angry protests outside the Danish embassy, many holding placards glorifying the events of 7 July and 9/11.

· Metropolitan police sources told The Observer that arrests could follow this week after investigations of the behaviour on Friday of some protesters who demanded the 'massacre' of 'those who insult Islam'. They may have breached laws against inciting hatred or terrorism.

· Groups representing British Muslims appealed for calm, saying the demonstrations and violence had gone too far.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1702682,00.html