Niamey, Niger – Muslims Angry At Weekly’s Prophet Cartoon; 10 Killed

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    A man (2nd L) holds a sign reading "Charlie and his allies are damned" during a protest against Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou's attendance last week at a Paris rally in support of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad as the cover of its first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen, in Niamey January 17, 2015. REUTERS/Tagaza Djibo Niamey, Niger – The president of Niger says at least 10 people have been killed after violent protests over a French publication’s cartoon depicting Islam’s prophet.

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    President Mahamadou Issoufou said that five deaths were reported after demonstrations in the capital of Niamey on Saturday. The victims were inside churches and bars that were set ablaze, he said.

    On Friday, at least five people were killed in the town of Zinder after prayer services there.

    The violence erupted after the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a new cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The issue, published Wednesday, was the first following a Jan. 7 terrorist attack on its headquarters that left 12 dead.

    Physical depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous, and protests have erupted in a number of predominantly Muslim countries this week.


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    honestbroker
    honestbroker
    9 years ago

    uncivilized savages

    Speaksoftly
    Speaksoftly
    9 years ago

    When our children and brothers are slaughtered in a house of worship, we join together in prayer to H-shem for rachamim and peace. When their prophet of peace is caricatured, they find solace in looting,arson and murder. Will the world continue to deny the obvious – only at its own continued and growing peril.

    Normal
    Normal
    9 years ago

    I am angry at my telephone company and it didn’t occur to me to kill some people.

    bennyt
    bennyt
    9 years ago

    Are they Zulus or Tutus?