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Protests held in Pakistan over Swedish, Dutch attacks on Quran

Protests held in Pakistan over Swedish, Dutch attacks on Quran

LAHORE: Several thousand people rallied in Muslim-majority Pakistan after Friday prayers to voice outrage over right-wing protests targeting the Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands.Blasphemy and insults to Islam are galvanising issues in Pakistan, where leaders have regularly voiced concerns about rising Islamophobia on the international stage.At least 5,000 people marched through the second-largest city of Lahore chanting “Quran is printed in our hearts” and “I am a protector of the Quran” in a rally organised by the radical anti-blasphemy party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.A smaller protest of about 1,000 people was held in the southern city of Karachi and Swedish flags were torn up in both cities.Small protests were also held in several cities in neighbouring Afghanistan, where men, some carrying Taliban flags, were allowed to take part in rare and brief street demonstrations sanctioned by the Islamist authorities.Around 1,000 men gathered in the eastern city of Jalalabad chanting: “D

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