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Article: HTI RALLY IN SURABAYA AGAINST PROPHET MOHAMMED CARTOON.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
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- February 23, 2008
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Surabaya, Feb 23 (ANTARA): Hundreds of people coordinated by the Muslim organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) demonstrated outside the Danish-Swedish and Dutch consulates here Saturday against the appearance of a cartoon image of the Prophet Mohammed in Swedish and Dutch media recently."They consider the cartoon on the Prophet as something in line with the doctrines of democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression but they are actually using double standards because in France Muslim women are not allowed to wear the jilbab (head scarf)," chairman of HTI's Surabaya chapter Fikri A Zuhdiar said at the rally.
About 700 strong, the demonstrators ...