August 30: Latin American Herald Tribune states that Protests continued to simmer in Pakistan on Wednesday after an anti-Islam politician in the Netherlands said he would organize a cartoon contest based on the Prophet Muhammad. Khadim Hussain Rizvi, head of the religious political party Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasool Allah, exhorted several hundreds of his supporters to march from Lahore to Islamabad to protest against Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders’ decision to hold the competition in his parliamentary offices in November.
Latin American Herald Tribune: Protests Simmer in Pakistan over Dutch Lawmaker’s Prophet Cartoon Competition
