Pakistani Islamists protest rape law reform

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.

Chanting slogans against the government of President General Pervez Musharraf, the protesters marched on a main road in Islamabad, urging him to step down for supporting and approving the law which they claim negated Islam.