(3 May 2008)
1. Wide of people marching in rally organised by various Islamic groups
2. Wide of rally with protesters carrying flags and banners
3. Mid of protesters in the march, some on bicycles
4. Various top shots of rally in Karachi's MA Jinnah road, protesters chanting with arms raised
5. Mid of protesters chanting slogans against Denmark
6. Close-up of chanting protester
7. Protesters holding banners
8. Close-up of poster reading (English): "We protest against EU media, Stop Stop Stop Our beloved Prophet's images or film"
9. Wide of cleric on pedestrian bridge addressing the gathered protesters
10. SOUNDBITE (Urdu): Syed Mazhar Saeed Kazmi, Jamat Ahl-e-Sunnat leader:
"We want to convey to the world that the prophet's followers are alive and committed to protect his glory from any defamation. We will do whatever is in our power to carve out our plan for the protection of prophet's sanctity. This is not just an issue for Pakistani Muslims but for the whole Muslim world. We urge Muslim rulers to take action against such attempts, they will have the backing of all the Muslims."
11. Cutaway of photographer
12. Protesters beating a flaming effigy of Dutch film maker Geert Wilder to the ground
13. Mid of protesters lifting up burning effigy
14. Wide top shot of protest rally
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Muslims demonstrated on Saturday in southern Pakistan to condemn an anti-Quran film made by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilder.
Organised by Islamic groups including the Movement for Protection of Prophet's Glory, around five-thousand demonstrators marched through the streets of Karachi, to protest against the lawmaker as well as the reprinting of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers.
Followers of another group, the Jamat Ahl-e-Sunnat joined other factions, to rally on M A Jinnah road, the main thoroughfare, chanting 'death to blasphemer' and carrying banners and placards to denounce the Dutch and the Danish government.
"We want to convey to the world that the prophet's followers are alive and committed to protect his glory from any defamation. We will do whatever is in our power to carve out our plan for the protection of prophet's sanctity," one of the leaders of the group told AP Television.
"This is not just an issue for Pakistani Muslims but for the whole Muslim world. We urge Muslim rulers to take action against such attempts, they will have the backing of all the Muslims," added Syed Mazhar Saeed Kazmi.
Muslims in Pakistan have staged similar protests since the March release of Wilder's controversial film, which portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at Western democracy.
The 15-minute film entitled "Fitna," an Arabic word meaning "ordeal," was released on the Internet.
Violent protests also erupted in Pakistan after European newspapers published cartoons of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in 2006, reprinted by Danish newspapers earlier this year.
An effigy of Wilder was burnt by protesters during the rally, which ended peacefully.
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