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Supporters of the Pakistani religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami ...
Mar 2nd, 2012
(Reuters) - Supporters of the Pakistani religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami hold copies of the Koran while take part in an anti-U.S. protest rally March 2, 2012. About 1300 protesters gathered to condemn the February 21 burning of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in Afghanistan. The banner written in Urdu reads "Protest against the desecration of the Koran by Americans." REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) -
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