Cartoon Wars, Continued

Last week, Paksitani national Amir Cheema died in German custody -- a suicide, according to German officials. He'd been arrested in March in Berlin for the attempted murder of the editor of Die Welt, which published the 12 Danish Muhammad cartoons.

Yesterday, students in Pakistan protested his death by burning German flags and vowing to "continue his jihad."

Around 300 students of Jamiat Taliba Arabia, one of many seminaries run by Jamaat-i-Islami, blocked traffic in the centre of Multan city, burned German flags and denounced Germany, Denmark and the United States as "infidel states." The students chanted: “They are enemies of Islam, infidels” and “Amir Cheema is hero of Islam." They also called for the cartoonists to be hanged or handed over for punishment.

The first protest against the cartoons in Pakistan took place in Multan in February, and it was followed by bigger and more violent protests across the country, while in Peshawar a Muslim preacher offered a bounty for the killing of cartoonists. Lawmakers in the National Assembly raised Cheema’s death on Friday and the issue will be debated in parliament.

Goodness, hasn't anyone told all these devout Muslims and students of the Qur'an that "jihad" means inner struggle?