Choi! i was thinking that this Charlie Hebdo's cartoon crisis wont enter Nigeria,but am wrong! At least two churches have been set on fire in the capital of Niger amid fresh protests against French magazineCharlie Hebdo's cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad, BBC reports.
Saturday's protests began outside Niamey's grand mosque with police using tear gas a day after at least four were killed in the second city of Zinder.
The French embassy had warned its citizens to stay indoors before now.
Last week, Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at the magazine's Paris office. Eight of them were journalists, with subsequent attacks in Paris, which killed another five people, four at a Jewish supermarket.
The cover of the magazine's latest edition, published after the attack, featured a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad weeping while holding a sign saying "I am Charlie".
Seven million copies of the edition are being printed in view of extraordinary demand, distributors announced on Saturday. The magazine's print run before the attack was 60,000.
Many Muslims see any depiction of Islam's prophet as offensive.
Protests against the magazine were also seen on Friday in Pakistan, where protests turned violent in Karachi, the Sudanese capital of Khartoum and the Algerian capital, Algiers.
People in Somalia took to the streets today as well.
In Niger, a former French colony, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Niamey's grand mosque, shouting "God is Great" in Arabic.
At least two churches were set on fire - similar to Friday's demonstration in Zinder where protesters also raided shops that were run by Christians.
The French cultural centre in Zinder also came under attack.
Last week, Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at the magazine's Paris office. Eight of them were journalists, with subsequent attacks in Paris, which killed another five people, four at a Jewish supermarket.
The cover of the magazine's latest edition, published after the attack, featured a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad weeping while holding a sign saying "I am Charlie".
Seven million copies of the edition are being printed in view of extraordinary demand, distributors announced on Saturday. The magazine's print run before the attack was 60,000.
Many Muslims see any depiction of Islam's prophet as offensive.
People in Somalia took to the streets today as well.
In Niger, a former French colony, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Niamey's grand mosque, shouting "God is Great" in Arabic.
At least two churches were set on fire - similar to Friday's demonstration in Zinder where protesters also raided shops that were run by Christians.
The French cultural centre in Zinder also came under attack.
Really disgusting watching this on BBC.....how can youths be this senseless...can't their Prophet fights for his name rather than take laws into their hands...is they no freedom in d world again....
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DeleteOlovo this world is coming to an end
DeleteOlovo u're right! I don't want 2 be associated with a God that cannot fight 4 himself. Its such a shame. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
DeleteAfter chichi go say we are hating on muslims....hmmm.....why are they so chaotic..smh
ReplyDeleteMuslims want special treatment just like d jews of old...but sorry evrybody is equal in d eyes of God,why all dis..did mohammed instruct dem to kill n his name??
ReplyDeleteWhy do they youths allow violence to reign through them? There are better ways to protest without damage or injury
ReplyDeleteI wonder why youth can not use dere sense
ReplyDeleteMuslims must not always resort 2 violence. Because of dis attitude dey hv bcom d black sheep of d world. Bcos of their volatile nature I don't evn bother goin to d north 4 any bizness, bcos one minute it could b peaceful and d next minute evrything could b on fire. Their religion is not a religion of peace @alll. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
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