More than 5,000 supporters of a radical Islamist coalition rallied in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad today to protest over recent changes in a disputed Muslim rape law.

TENS of thousands of Muslims around the world demonstrated against the drawings of the Prophet Mohammed after Friday prayers, some shouting anti-American slogans and burning Danish flags.

Malaysia’s leader today warned of a “huge chasm” between Muslims and the West, as thousands of people took to the streets in Asia for the largest demonstrations yet in the Prophet Mohammed cartoons row.