Thousands of Islamist protesters rallied in anti-France demonstrations across Pakistan on Friday as anger swelled over a French magazine’s decision to republish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. | AFP
A supporter from the “Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat” Muslim organisation stands on a French national flag as others shout slogans during a protest against the reprinting of satirical sketches of the Prophet Mohammad by French magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on September 3, 2020. Pakistan’s foreign office condemned the decision by French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo to reprint cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
ISLAMABAD — Thousands of Islamist protesters rallied in anti-France demonstrations across Pakistan on Friday as anger swelled over a French magazine’s decision to republish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Earlier this week satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo — the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015 — reprinted the controversial images to mark the beginning of the trial of the alleged accomplices in the attack.The publication’s move sparked condemnation from Pakistan’s foreign ministry along with calls from Islamists to hold protests following Friday prayers, spurring thousands to mass in cities where they called for boycotts and the French ambassador’s expulsion.
“We need to send a strong message to the French that this disrespect to our beloved prophet will not be tolerated,” protester Muhammad Ansari said during a demonstration in the eastern city of Lahore.
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