Islamic groups have already expressed their opposition to the concert and say they will send a protest note to the government.

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But if voters did not send a protest note to Downing Street, they did send one to their local town hall.

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They have summoned the UK ambassador in Kathmandu to protest and instructed the Nepalese embassy in London to submit a protest note to Downing Street.

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Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said his country made the request in a demarche, or protest note, to Pakistan's top diplomat in India, according to the Press Trust of India.

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Note that few issues have provoked as much protest from Oxford dons over the years than the decision to establish a business school.

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