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| Four men jailed over cartoon demo | Four men jailed over cartoon demo |
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| Four men have been jailed for their part in protests outside the Danish embassy in London, against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. | Four men have been jailed for their part in protests outside the Danish embassy in London, against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. |
| Mizanur Rahman, 24, Umran Javed, 27, and Abdul Muhid, 24, were each jailed for six years for soliciting to murder after telling a crowd to bomb the UK. | Mizanur Rahman, 24, Umran Javed, 27, and Abdul Muhid, 24, were each jailed for six years for soliciting to murder after telling a crowd to bomb the UK. |
| A fourth man, Abdul Saleem, 32, was jailed for four years for stirring up racial hatred at the protest in 2006. | A fourth man, Abdul Saleem, 32, was jailed for four years for stirring up racial hatred at the protest in 2006. |
| The men, from London and Birmingham, were convicted at the Old Bailey. | The men, from London and Birmingham, were convicted at the Old Bailey. |
| Judge Brian Barker said their words had been designed to encourage murder and terrorism. | Judge Brian Barker said their words had been designed to encourage murder and terrorism. |
| About 300 protestors marched outside the Danish embassy in February last year after cartoons satirising Muhammad were published in newspapers in Denmark and other European countries. | About 300 protestors marched outside the Danish embassy in February last year after cartoons satirising Muhammad were published in newspapers in Denmark and other European countries. |
| Outside the sentencing hearing on Wednesday, a group of around 40 demonstrators chanted and waved placards. | Outside the sentencing hearing on Wednesday, a group of around 40 demonstrators chanted and waved placards. |
| 'Blood running' | |
| Rahman, from Palmers Green, north London, was filmed at the rally talking over a loudspeaker and calling for UK soldiers to be brought back from Iraq in body bags. | |
| He said: "We want to see their blood running in the streets of Baghdad. | |
| Mizanur Rahman was the last of the cartoon demonstrators to be tried | |
| "We want to see the Mujahideen shoot down their planes the way we shoot down birds. We want to see their tanks burn in the way we burn their flags." | |
| Javed, from Birmingham, was filmed by police shouting: "Bomb, bomb Denmark. Bomb, bomb USA." | |
| Father-of-five and BT engineer Saleem was cleared of soliciting murder at his trial in February, but convicted of stirring up racial hatred. | |
| Saleem, from Poplar, east London, chanted, "7/7 on its way" and "Europe, you will pay with your blood". | |
| Finally, Abdul Muhid, 24, said to be the leader of the demonstration, chanted "Bomb, bomb the UK" and waved placards with slogans such as "Annihilate those who insult Islam". |