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Pakistani protesters burned a Danish flag in 2008 after Danish newspapers reprinted a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Jun. 10, 2011

Local businessman Tahawwur Rana was convicted on terrorism charges yesterday. Mujahid Ghazi, an Urdu Times journalist, tells us how Chicago’s Pakistani community is reacting to the verdict. Also, Rana was found guilty of plotting a retaliatory attack on Denmark’s Jutland Post newspaper, which published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in 2005. WBEZ’s Odette Yousef speaks with the Jutland Post’s Kaare Sorensen. Nik Steinberg then tells us about one of the most recent casualties in Mexico’s drug wars, the city of Monterrey. And Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik reviews the classic Czech film Marketa Lazarova.

Reaction from Chicago's Pakistani community to Rana trial

Jun. 10, 2011
Yesterday, a jury found Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana guilty of providing material support to terrorist organizations and of plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper. He was found not guilty of helping plot the 2008 Mumbai, India attacks that killed at least 164 people.Dr.

Danish journalist covering Rana trial once a target of Headley

Jun. 10, 2011
Local businessman Tahawwur Rana was convicted on terrorism charges on Thursday.

Monterrey, once the safest city in Latin America, now a casualty of Mexico’s drug wars

Jun. 10, 2011
Monterrey, Mexico was once considered one of the safest cities in Latin America.  That’s before this industrial and financial capital collapsed into the hands of Mexico’s drug cartels.

Film review: 'Marketa' mixes beauty, terror

Jun. 10, 2011
The title of the Czech film Marketa Lazarova is the name of one of its main protagonists. Marketa is the naive and beautiful daughter of Lazar, a nobleman who lives in the fort of Oboriste.  The setting is the early medieval age, on the cusp of Christianity and paganism.