FRANCE-SHOOTING/PAKISTAN Pakistan condemns Charlie Hebdo for latest Mohammad cartoon

Record ID: 324380

  • Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/PAKISTAN Pakistan condemns Charlie Hebdo for latest Mohammad cartoon
  • Date: 15th January 2015
  • Summary: LAHORE, PAKISTAN (JANUARY 15, 2015) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS PRAISING PROPHET MOHAMMAD PROTESTERS HOLDING UP PLACARDS PLACARD READING "DAMN THE CHARLIE HEBDO" PROTEST LEADER SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) MUSLIM CLERIC AND PRESIDENT OF TEHREEK-E-SERAAT-E-MUSTAQEEM, MOHAMMAD ASHRAF ASIF JALALI, SAYING: "We demand the cartoonists be hanged. We demand their deaths because we love the holy prophet, peace be upon him, and holy Prophet is always in our hearts." PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS IN PRAISE OF PROPHET DEMONSTRATORS PRAYING
  • Embargoed: 30th January 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA435U17CCP1U8WK772P82S3O0H
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
    Pakistani lawmakers on Thursday (January 15) unanimously approved a resolution condemning the publication of images of Prophet Mohammad in the satirical French magazine that was attacked last week.
    The resolution was approved in National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament. The lawmakers said they will also present the resolution in the upper house.
    The move came as protesters took to the streets to demand harsh punishment for the creators and publishers of the latest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon.
    In Lahore people rallied under the banner of the religious movement Tehreek-e-Seraat-e-Mustaqeem.
    "We demand the cartoonists be hanged. We demand their deaths because we love the holy Prophet, peace be upon him, and holy Prophet is always in our hearts," said Muslim cleric and the leaders of protest, Mohammad Ashraf Asif Jalali.
    Charlie Hebdo's first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen on their offices killed 12 sold out within minutes on Wednesday (January 14).
    It featuring a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad on its cover that defenders praised as art but critics saw as a new provocation, in light of widespread earlier Muslim condemnation of previously depictions of the Prophet by the weekly magazine.
    Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique presented the cartoon resolution on Thursday to lawmakers in the Islamabad parliament.
    "This house strongly condemns printing and reprinting of blasphemy caricature of the holy Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him, by the French journal and also takes serious note of the continued trend of their reproduction in numerous other newspapers and magazines of Western capitals," he said.
    The resolution was approved unanimously.
    After the vote, a group of lawmakers staged a protest in front of parliament, condemning the French magazine.
    "At the Assembly where Muslim members expressed their views, the minorities also condemned it. This condemnation is from the entire people of Pakistan. We will take this resolution to every forum. It will be sent to all the embassies, the UNO (United Nations Organisation), the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Countries) and to all foreign missions of Pakistan," Minister for Religious Affairs, Sardar Mohammad Yousuf, told reporters.
    Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday also strongly condemned the publication cartoon, official news agency APP said.
    Pakistan condemned last week's attack by gunmen on the Charlie Hebdo offices along with a wide range of Muslim majority nations.
    More protests are expected in Pakistan after Friday (January 16) prayers.
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