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A demonstration of protest against the publication of caricatures takes place in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong there is a demonstration of protest against the publication in European newspapers of cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad .
According to the organizers, about three thousand people take part in it.
The demonstrators gathered near the central mosque of Hong Kong and go along one of the most lively highways of the city - Nathan Street, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the Hong Kong media, this was the first major protest of Muslims in Hong Kong over the past twenty years. The last time the Hong Kong Muslims took to the streets after the publication of the book of Salman Rushdi "Satanic poems".
On the way of demonstration there are no diplomatic representations of countries involved in a caricature scandal. According to the police, while the procession takes place without violations of public order.
Hong Kong became the only Chinese city in which a protest was held against the appearance of images of the Prophet Muhammad in the European media. Both in mainland China and Taiwan, Muslims have not yet publicly expressed their attitude to Danish caricatures.
About 80 thousand Muslims permanently live in Hong Kong.