Thousands of people, including members of Muslim and Christian groups, staged a march through central London today to protest against the bombing of Afghanistan.
We're here because there are thousands of people across Britain who know that the bombing of Afghanistan is not going to put an end to terrorism, Ms Carol Naughton, chairman of the protest organisers, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), said.
"It's not going to bring Osama bin Laden to justice. People who commit terrorist acts must be brought to justice through international law", she said.
British police estimated the number of protestors at around 3,000 before the march began in London's Hyde Park.
The march headed for Trafalgar Square in London's West End under a sea of colourful banners accompanied by chanting against the military strikes and calls for a halt to the bombing.
Meanwhile thousands joined a peace rally in Berlin in Germany's biggest protest so far against the bombing of Afghanistan.
Berlin protest organisers said around 30,000 people turned out, while police put the figure at about 14,000. Protesters came from some 140 different groups, ranging from far-left Marxist parties to the far-right neo-Nazi NPD party.
Hundreds carried anti-war banners, thousands wore peace buttons and many chanted slogans criticising the United States and President George W Bush.
German Chancellor Mr Gerhard Schroeder criticised the peace rally, saying the demonstrators were being misled.
"Turn your focus on those who started this conflict", Mr Schroeder said in an interview with Der Tagesspiegelnewspaper due to appear tomorrow.
An increasing majority of Germans back possible German involvement in US military operations after the September 11 attacks, according to a survey published on Friday.
All political parties except the reformed communist Party of Democratic Socialism have supported US military strikes and the possibility of German involvement.
About 2,000 Australians marched from Sydney Town Hall to a tower housing the US consulate to protest against the war. Other peaceful peace rallies were held in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.
At least 12 people were injured in a clash between Hindus and Muslims after Hindus tried to burn portraits of Osama bin Laden, authorities in the eastern Indian state of Bihar said.