They won't protest all the killing in the name of their religion,, but cartoons set them right off
- Religious group rallies in Lahore with banners: 'Down with Charlie Hebdo'
- Pakistani lawmakers pass resolution condemning image of the prophet
- Turkish PM denounces the cartoon as an 'open provocation' to Muslims
- Prosecutors probe Turkish paper that published extracts of Charlie Hebdo
- Muslims call front cover image of Prophet renewed insult to their religion
Published:
15:50 GMT, 15 January 2015
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Updated:
22:44 GMT, 15 January 2015
Pakistani
Muslims today called for the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists to be hanged for
drawing the Prophet Mohammed on its latest front cover.
As
worldwide protests continued for a second day, nearly 300 people from a
religious group rallied in the eastern city of Lahore, carrying
placards saying 'Down with Charlie Hebdo'.
One
banner read: 'Making blasphemy cartoon of the Prophet is the worst act
of terrorism. The sketch-makers must be hanged immediately.'
Cartoonist
Renald Luzier, who drew the image, had argued earlier this week that
there should be no exceptions to freedom of expression.
Meanwhile
funerals for four of his colleagues - the victims of the Charlie Hebdo
attack in Paris last week - were held in France today.
The
Lahore rally came as Pakistani lawmakers staged their own
demonstrations outside parliament after passing a resolution condemning
the image of Islam's prophet in the French satirical newspaper.
The front cover shows a weeping Mohammed, holding a sign reading 'I am Charlie' with the words 'All is forgiven' above him.
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Demanding death
sentence: Pakistani Muslims chant slogans against the publication of an
image of the Prophet Mohammed in Charlie Hebdo, calling for those behind
the cartoons to be hanged
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Outrage: The 300-strong group carried placards saying 'Down with Charlie Hebdo' during the rally in Lahore
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Burning issue: Pakistani protesters
burn a French flag during a protest against the printing of satirical
Charlie Hebdo sketches of the Prophet Mohammed in Multan
Like
many other Muslim nations, Pakistan has condemned last week's deadly
rampage at the office of Charlie Hebdo which killed 12 people, including
editors, cartoonists and two policemen.
But
the authorities have also condemned the publication of cartoons
depicting the Prophet Mohammed, which many Muslims consider sacrilege.
Religious
Affairs Minister Sardar Mohammad Yousuf said the lawmakers unanimously
adopted the resolution condemning the publication of the images.
The resolution was mostly symbolic.
Yousif
did not say how many legislators were present, but he stressed that
lawmakers from all political parties backed the measure.
The resolution also condemned violence under any pretext.
After the vote, a group of lawmakers marched outside parliament, chanting: 'In the name of the prophet, we're ready to die.'
The
minister said the resolution would be sent to all foreign missions in
the country and to the United Nations, to register Pakistan's protest
against the cartoons, which 'hurt our religious sentiments deeply.'
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