Nearly 1,400 Muslims gathered in London to march in protest against the war on terror.

The protesters met for speeches at Marble Arch at 1100 BST on Saturday, before walking to the embassy of Uzbekistan in Holland Park.

Simultaneous rallies were also planned outside Uzbek embassies throughout Europe in Berlin, Brussels and Vienna.

The campaigners believe alleged human rights violations in Uzbekistan highlight how America is waging a war against Muslims.

Police said it was a peaceful protest

They said thousands of Muslims had been arrested, tortured and murdered in Uzbekistan, in the name of the "war against terror".

Many protesters wore T-shirts with the slogan "Who Killed Farhad Usmanov?"

Mr Usmanov was allegedly murdered by Uzbek security services in June 1999, according to the campaigners.

The march was organised by members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir, a political party which bases its ideology on Islam.

'Tyrannical leaders'

Dr Imran Waheed, a Birmingham-based doctor and one of the march's organisers, said: "This demonstration is to show that what America calls her war against terror is really a war against Islam and the Muslims."

He added: "We believe the rulers in the Islamic world are corrupt and tyrannical and they are the unscrupulous allies in America's war against terrorism."

Scotland Yard told BBC News Online about 1,350 people attended and the march went off peacefully.

A separate demonstration was planned outside the Pakistani High Commission in the capital to protest against the Islamabad government's policies on Islam.

As well as the European rallies, another protest is planned for Jakarta in Indonesia on Thursday.