FRANCE-SHOOTING/PALESTINIANS Thousands of Palestinians protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon
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FRANCE-SHOOTING/PALESTINIANS Thousands of Palestinians protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon
- Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/PALESTINIANS Thousands of Palestinians protest Charlie Hebdo Mohammad cartoon
- Date: 24th January 2015
- Summary: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (JANUARY 24, 2015) (REUTERS) THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS PROTESTING AGAINST A CARTOON OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD PUBLISHED BY FRENCH SATIRICAL WEEKLY CHARLIE HEBDO THIS MONTH VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WAVING ISLAMIST FLAGS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS PALESTINIANS PROTESTING IN RAMALLAH SQUARE NEAR LION STATUE VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WAVING FLAGS AND CHANTING SLOGANS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MEMBER OF THE ISLAMIST TAHRIR PARTY WHICH ORGANISED THE PROTEST, BAHER SALEH, SAYING: "We have taken to the streets to support the Prophet Mohammad, to demand Muslim armies act the way France and the West deserve in response to the repeated offences against the Prophet, peace be upon him" PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS HEBRON, WEST BANK (JANUARY 24, 2015) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS LINKING ARMS AND MARCHING THROUGH HEBRON STREET MAN WITH ISLAMIST BANDANA MARCHING PROTESTERS MARCHING WITH BANNER VARIOUS OF HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING WITH FLAGS AND BANNERS, CHANTING SLOGANS PROTESTERS WAVING HUNDREDS OF BLACK AND WHITE ISLAMIST FLAGS PROTESTER CHANTING FLAGS FLYING PROTESTERS MARCHING AND CHANTING PROTESTERS WALKING PAST BANNER READING (English) "KHILAFAH WILL STOP THE INSULTS AGAINST THE PROPHET" TOP VIEW OF MARCH
- Embargoed: 8th February 2015 12:00
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- Location: West bank
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA62Z0IQEWJJU3CK0M6NA58K4P0
- Story Text: Thousands of Palestinians rallied in the occupied West Bank on Saturday (January 24), to protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Simultaneous demonstrations were held in the cities of Ramallah and Hebron less than three weeks after Islamist gunmen shot dead 12 people in the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, which has repeatedly featured cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
The magazine returned to the newsstands the following week with a cartoon of the prophet on its front page.
"France is the mother of terrorism. America is the mother of terrorism," the protesters chanted.
They carried black-and-white banners which read "There is only one God and Mohammad is his messenger," and waved Islamist flags.
The protests were called by the Islamist Tahrir Party, which advocates the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate in Muslim countries.
"We have taken to the streets to support the Prophet Mohammad, to demand Muslim armies act the way France and the West deserve in response to the repeated offences against the Prophet, peace be upon him," said Baher Saleh, a member of the party.
In the wake of the Paris killings, the Western-backed Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, marched in Paris alongside dozens of world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a memorial rally for the dead. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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