firmly by police. Iran recalls its ambassador from Denmark and bans journalists from its country. The Danish consulate in Beirut, Lebanon is set ablaze during a demonstration. The police arrest many people, almost half of them are from Syria. Demonstrators in Lebanon from a demonstration at the Danish consulate cause property damage in Christian neighborhoods of Beirut. In a press conference in Copenhagen, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Møller assures that no Qur'an burnings had taken place in Denmark, and urged all parties to "talk down the crisis" so that they could "move forward together". The Arab European League, a conservative Arab nationalist organization, puts several anti-Semitic cartoons on its website in response to the Danish cartoons. The Syrian newspaper Al-Thawra, which is owned by the state, claims that the Danish government is responsible for having the embassy burned down. The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation freezes contracts with Denmark and Norway. In Brussels, Belgium, thousands of Muslims spontaneously gather and hold a peaceful protest against the cartoons. The Lebanese Interior Minister, Hassan Sabeh, announces his resignation in reaction to the torching of the Danish consulate in Beirut, and to the following criticism. A peaceful demonstration is arranged for peace, dialogue, and understanding in Copenhagen. Almost 3000 Muslims and non-Muslims participate. The US ambassador to Denmark, James P. Cain, says he is pleased major American newspapers have not re-printed the cartoons. The Islamic Army, a militant Iraqi group with ties to al-Qaeda, says Danish citizens, and citizens of other countries who have published the cartoons, should be captured and killed. The Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, will formally complain to the United Nations against Syria for its failure to protect the Norwegian embassy in Damascus. Charges against the two Jordanian editors that published the cartoon are dropped. 500 Muslims protest peacefully against the cartoons in Vienna, Austria. At a press conference, the Danish Foreign Minister says that this is no longer about Denmark and the twelve cartoons and it is no longer a crisis between Denmark and Arab Muslim countries. Instead, it is a crisis for Western-Arab cooperation, and has to be solved using international cooperation. The Conference of European Rabbis expresses its concern at the publication of the cartoons, which "humiliate and disparage the feelings of Muslims", comparing them to anti-Semitic caricatures. Andrea Santoro, a Catholic priest, is murdered on 5 February at the Santa Maria Church