Four men in Britain were sentenced to prison on Tuesday for their role in a fiery protest against the publication of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (may his drip clear up peace be upon him). Mizanur Rahman, 24, Umran Javed, 27, and Abdul Muhid 25, were convicted of incitement to murder and sentenced to six years each. During a February 2006 protest in front of the Danish embassy in London, they had called for the deaths of those who published the cartoons, prosecutors said. A fourth defendant, Abdul Saleem, 32, was jailed or four years for inciting racial hatred. The defendants had argued that they were venting their rage at the cartoons, which they considered an assault on Islam, and did not intend to incite murder. Judge Brian Barker called their actions “the complete opposite of peaceful protest.” |