KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- President Omar al-Bashir said Wednesday that he would bar Danes from Sudan and told tens of thousands of people at a government-backed rally that the Muslim world should boycott Denmark because of a reprinted cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese protest at a government-backed rally in Khartoum, Sudan.
"We urge all Muslims around the world to boycott Danish commodities, goods, companies, institutions, organizations and personalities," al-Bashir told the crowd outside the Republic Palace in downtown Khartoum.
"Down, down, Denmark!" shouted the crowd. Al-Bashir vowed that "not a single Danish foot will from now on desecrate the land of Sudan."
Tens of thousands of Sudanese protest at a government-backed rally in Khartoum, Sudan.
"We urge all Muslims around the world to boycott Danish commodities, goods, companies, institutions, organizations and personalities," al-Bashir told the crowd outside the Republic Palace in downtown Khartoum.
"Down, down, Denmark!" shouted the crowd. Al-Bashir vowed that "not a single Danish foot will from now on desecrate the land of Sudan."
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