Islamic Jihad threatens violence in cartoon row
By Adam EntousGAZA (Reuters) - Islamic Jihad, a militant group behind suicide bombings in Israel, threatened violence on Friday over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad printed in newspapers around the globe.
"Until now we have limited our action to demonstrations, but if they did not stop their offences to Prophet Mohammad we will defend the Prophet with our souls and blood," Islamic Jihad leader Khader Habib told thousands of supporters after Friday prayers.
"So far we have demanded an apology from the governments. But if they continue their assault on our dear Prophet Mohammad, we will burn the ground underneath their feet," Habib said as dozens of gunmen fired rifles into the air.
The threat from Islamic Jihad was the first of its kind from a militant group behind attacks in Israel. But other groups have threatened to kidnap Europeans to protest the cartoons.
The cartoons, which first appeared in a Danish newspaper last September before being reprinted across Europe, have sparked a wave of Muslim protests around the world.
Copyright © 2008 Reuters
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