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Muslims in Athens waved Korans and shouted “God is Great- Allah Akbar!” as they rioted over reports that a policeman had torn up a Koran and stomped on it.
Leftists, immigrants and anti-racism groups led the march.
Dozens of cars were smashed up, banks were attacked and 14 people were injured in the rioting.
A Muslim immigrant hits out with a belt at riot police in Athens, Friday, May 22, 2009. Authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of Muslims as they protested against a Greek policeman’s alleged defacement of a Quran owned by an Iraqi immigrant. Chanting ‘God is great!’ and waving leather-bound copies of Islam’s holy book, about 1,000 Muslim immigrants had begun the demonstration with a march to Parliament to express their outrage. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Muslim immigrants hold up copies of Islam’s holy book, the Koran, during a rally in Athens May 22, 2009. Greek riot police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Muslims who pelted them with sticks and stones outside parliament on Friday during protests over what they said was the destruction of a Koran by a Greek policeman. (REUTERS/John Kolesidis)
