Man arrested over cartoon protest 2006/03/26

Police investigating demonstrations sparked by the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad have a arrested a 23-year old man.
The man was arrested, at a north London address, under suspicion of soliciting to murder, Scotland Yard confirmed.
Furious protests were held by Muslims across the world after the satirical cartoons were first published in a Danish newspaper.
The arrest relates to a central London protest on February 3.
Mizanur Rahman was charged with soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred on 3 February, police said.
He was arrested at a north London address and is due to appear before Bow Street Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Protests were held by Muslims across the world after the satirical cartoons first appeared in a Danish newspaper.
Mr Rahman was been charged under Section Four of the Offences Against the Persons Act (soliciting murder) and Section 18 of the Public Order Act (inciting racial hatred).
Other arrests
A number of other arrests, in relation to the same protest, have also been made by police.
Uman Javed, 26, was charged with soliciting murder and remanded in custody when he appeared at Bow Street magistrates court in London on March 16.
The married father-of-one, from Birmingham, was also charged with using words likely to stir up racial hatred and will appear again at the Old Bailey on April 7.
Abdul Rahman Saleem, 31, from east London, has been charged with using words likely to stir up racial hatred.
Meanwhile, Omar Zaheer, 26, from Southall, west London, was charged with racially aggravated disorderly behaviour and disorderly behaviour.
Both men will make court appearances in respect of these allegations on Friday.
Some of the placards waved outside the Danish Embassy during the protest are alleged to have incited violence.
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granted bail.

A man charged over a protest against publication of cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad has been granted bail.
Mizanur Rahman, 23, of Edmonton, north London, is accused of soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred outside the Danish embassy in London on 3 February.
Bow Street Magistrates' Court granted bail after he surrendered his passport and his family paid a £15,000 surety.
Protests were held by Muslims across the world after the satirical cartoons first appeared in a Danish newspaper.
The web designer is alleged to have solicited or encouraged others to "murder citizens of Denmark, Spain or France".
Father-of-one Mr Rahman is said to have taken part in the demonstration in West Halkin Street, Westminster, south-west London.
He is next due to appear in court, at the Old Bailey, on 7 April.