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Friday, 3 February 2006, 10:00 GMT
In pictures: Cartoon protests
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Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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In Indonesia, protesters pelted the lobby of the Danish embassy with eggs and burnt Denmark's flag in the street.
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Effigies of the prime minister of Denmark - where the cartoons were first published - were burnt in Pakistan.
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Iraqi, Egyptian and Palestinian Islamic groups have called for further demonstrations as Muslims attend Friday prayers.
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Palestinian gunmen surrounded EU offices in Gaza to demand an apology from the countries publishing the cartoons.
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Many shopkeepers are backing a Muslim boycott of Danish goods that has led to a damaging slump in some firms' sales.
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The caricatures have aroused strong emotions because Islamic tradition bans depictions of the Prophet or Allah.
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Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is to meet ambassadors from Muslim countries to try to calm the row.
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