Blood for Blasphemy (2006)
“If you are against our dear Islam, you sure we will crush you,” says one poster. “No Muslim are Extremous”, says the other. “Bush is dog, Musharraf is bitch,” chants the mob harmoniously. Peaceful demonstration protesting the Denmark cartoon turns wild and bloody in Lahore, 14 February 2006. Pakistan experienced waves of angry demonstrations nationwide protesting blasphemous controversial cartoon series of Prophet Muhammad published by Denmark newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. Thousands of protesters rampaged through the city of Lahore, storming and torching Western and local businesses. The mob burned down a hotel, two banks, KFC restaurant, MacDonald restaurant, Pizza Hut restaurant, Suzuki showroom, and the office of a Norwegian cell phone company, Telenor. Rioters also damaged hundreds of cars, dozens of shops, and vandalized public properties. In Lahore, two movie theaters were torched. The city is covered by black smoke from burning vehicles in front of Citibank branch.
Two people are reportedly killed and some others are injured in the unrest.
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dahsyat …
the right man in the right place .. so hasilnya dahsyat banget. ..
salam dahsyat,
Foto jurnalistik yg apik Mas. Ditunggu sharing ttg keindahan Pakistannya juga ya..
Top banget. Foto yang luar biasa. Demonya??? Ah. Gak mau komentar.
Asli, keren banget liputannya. Saluta atas kerja keras dan keberaniannya…
wah … foto2 yg ok banget.. salut deh ama wengki…
gus, aku iri… aku ingin meresapi aura perjuangan dan semangat tak takut mati itu… meski kalau dari deket belum tentu juga aku nggak keder…
salut deh!!
kamu berhasil mengharu biru perasaanku lewat foto-foto lahore-mu…
good work
yang gua suka, no 30 dan 48. No. 30 mencerminkan sebuah keyakinan, No.48, sebuah kejadian.
Pesannya jelas, “kemarahan”, masalahnya kemarahan itu mau dibawa ke mana ya? Selama belum tahu mau dibawa ke mana, marah2nya jalan terus daaahhhh. Sama kayak disini dong ya.
gus kirimin ke AFP atau BBC tuh..
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Assalamualaikum, Dear Agustine,
I’m already took few pictures ( total 2 pcs )in your gallery to paste into my blog. I also not mentioned along the pictures their origin. If that not ok, I’ll remove it. tq
keren! fotonya mencapture moment2 yg bercerita sekali. great Mas ^_^
salam …
nice and good pictures collection.
hope u wil take pictures of Kashmir Valley also. Best Wishes
bagus sekali. two thumbs up! am waiting for other pictures and stories from you…
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and subhanallah.. I can imagine ’bout your journey..from your pictures..thanks for sharing with…
you called those people crazy? I think you’re the craziest of all!! (geleng kpala) salut banget gus! aku hanya bisa berdoa smoga kau selalu diberi perlindungan dan tetap bisa menjadi mata bagi kami2 yg nyalinya tidak sebesar kamu dalam meresapi sari pati hidup.