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Cartoon row sought to rile Dutch Muslims, but found only dignity

12:04 AM

Geert Wilders’ fearmongering in the Netherlands failed against a greater sense of humanity

Like many Pakistani Muslims living in the Netherlands, Usman Firdausi was disturbed when the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders announced plans to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the prophet Muhammad.

Thousands of miles away in Pakistan, more than 10,000 people demonstrated against the contest in a march organised by Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik, which also called on Pakistan and other Islamist countries to sever ties with the Netherlands.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Ci6qan

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