A Pakistani Taliban shows a blood-stained copy of the Quran after a suicide attack in Bara, a troubled town in the Khyber tribal region about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, May 1, 2008. A suicide attacker struck at the headquarters of the Taliban-style religious group Thursday, killing only himself but wounding 30 others, officials and witnesses said.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
Pakistanis protest against anti-Quran film
A Pakistani Taliban shows a blood-stained copy of the Quran after a suicide attack in Bara, a troubled town in the Khyber tribal region about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, May 1, 2008. A suicide attacker struck at the headquarters of the Taliban-style religious group Thursday, killing only himself but wounding 30 others, officials and witnesses said.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
KARACHI, Pakistan—Thousands of supporters from a radical Islamic group have rallied in southern Pakistan to condemn an anti-Quran film made by a Dutch lawmaker.
Muslims in Pakistan have staged similar protests since March when Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilder released the controversial film, portraying Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at Western democracy.
The 15-minute film entitled "Fitna," an Arabic word meaning "ordeal," was posted on a Web site.
On Saturday, about 5,000 Muslims demonstrated in Karachi, chanting slogans against the Dutch lawmaker and the Danish government.
The rally was organized by a group called Movement for Protection of Prophet's Glory, and it ended peacefully.
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