FRANCE-SHOOTING/PAKISTAN-PROTEST Thousands protest in Pakistan against French cartoons of Islam's prophet
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FRANCE-SHOOTING/PAKISTAN-PROTEST Thousands protest in Pakistan against French cartoons of Islam's prophet
- Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/PAKISTAN-PROTEST Thousands protest in Pakistan against French cartoons of Islam's prophet
- Date: 22nd January 2015
- Summary: KARACHI, PAKISTAN (JANUARY 22, 2015) (REUTERS) THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNERS, PLACARDS AND GREEN FLAGS MARCHING PROTESTERS WAVING FLAGS AS THEY MARCH / PROTESTER HOLDING POSTER OF MOSQUE AND TOMB OF PROPHET MOHAMMAD MAN WEARING HEADBAND READING (Urdu) "I SACRIFICE MYSELF O' PROPHET", CHANTING "I AM PRESENT O' PROPHET OF GOD" PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS MARCHING PROTESTERS MARCHING MUSLIM CLERICS WITH ARMS IN THE AIR AND HAND-IN-HAND PROTESTERS MARCHING IN LINE / BANNER READING (Urdu) "BOYCOTT THE PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTRIES WHO COMMIT BLASPHEMY" PROTESTER MARCHING AND CHANTING MORE OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNERS, PLACARDS AND GREEN FLAGS MARCHING CLERICS LEADING PROTEST MARCH BANNER READING (English) "REMOVE YOUR DOUBLE STANDARD, IF A NON-MUSLIM DOES SOMETHING BAD, IT IS CRIME. BUT IF A MUSLIM COMMITS THE SAME, HE IS A TERRORIST. I AM PROUD TO BE A MUSLIM" PROTESTERS CHANTING (Urdu) "WE ARE SLAVE TO PROPHET", AND "DEATH IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE SERVICE OF PROPHET" FLAG-WAVING PROTESTERS SINGING RELIGIOUS HYMN MAN CHANTING "I AM PRESENT O' PROPHET OF GOD" PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS, LISTENING TO SPEECHES LEADERS ADDRESSING RALLY PROTESTERS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) HEAD OF SUNNI TEHREEK RELIGIOUS PARTY, SARWAT EJAZ QADRI, SAYING: "No one is allowed to carry out religious terrorism. No one is allowed to hurt sentiments of others. No one is permitted to spoil the peace of the world. We demand their social boycott, their products' boycott so that they realise that they have harmed the peace of the world." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING PROTESTERS WAVING THEIR FLAGS AT THE RALLY
- Embargoed: 6th February 2015 12:00
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- Location: Pakistan
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA60IRWS5IGMYI7K82VUN28E6ZI
- Story Text: Thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Pakistan's biggest city Karachi on Thursday (January 22) to protest against a French satirical magazine that recently published cartoons mocking Islam and the Prophet Mohammad.
Anger has been rising over the latest caricature of the Prophet Mohammad, which was published on the front cover of Charlie Hebdo following an attack by extremists on the magazine's Paris offices that killed 12 people on January 7.
Holding banners, placards and green flags, about 5,000 protesters marched through one of the main streets in downtown Karachi.
Green is believed to have been one of the favourite colors of the holy Prophet.
"I am present O' Prophet of God", and "Death is acceptable in the service of Prophet", they chanted.
"No one is allowed to carry out religious terrorism. No one is allowed to hurt sentiments of others. No one is permitted to spoil the peace of the world. We demand their social boycott, their products' boycott so that they realise that they have harmed the peace of the world," said Sarwat Ejaz Qadri, head of Sunni Tehreek religious party.
Qadri and others clerics led the protest organised by several religious groups.
Since any depiction of Prophet Mohammed is deemed insulting by Muslims, the cartoons have caused much anger and anguish across deeply conservative Pakistan.
More protests are expected on Friday (January 23) and Sunday (January 25).
Pakistan's National Assembly and Senate have passed unanimous resolutions against publishing the cartoons.
Adviser to Pakistan's Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has written a letter to the OIC Secretary General recommending a legal action to seek an apology from the French magazine and joint action by the Muslim community to make all acts of Islamophobia punishable as a crime under the law. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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