Posted on 01/16/2015 6:23:38 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Protesters took to the streets after midday prayers in the port city of Karachi, the eastern city of Lahore and the capital of Islamabad to protest Charlie Hebdo's publishing this week of another cover depicting the prophet — an act deemed insulting to many followers of Islam.
The weekly's new issue with a drawing of Muhammad, a tear rolling down his cheek and holding a placard that says "Je Suis Charlie" — a saying that has swept France and the world — was an act of defiance in the wake of last week's terrorist attack at the paper's Paris office that killed 12 people, including editors, cartoonists and two policemen.
Pakistan has condemned the Paris massacre but many people in this overwhelmingly Muslim country view the magazine's prophet caricatures as a profound insult, and there have been scattered protests against the magazine around the country.
On Friday, clashes erupted in Karachi when the protesters started heading toward the French consulate. The protesters began throwing stones at the police, who tried to push them back with water cannons and tear gas.
AFP news director Michele Leridon said that photographer Asif Hassan was shot and wounded. He underwent surgery and "his life does not seem in danger," Leridon said.
It was not immediately clear how the photographer was shot, and AFP said they were now trying to find out whether Hassan was targeted or accidentally shot.
Karachi police officer, Naseer Tanoly, said some of the protesters were armed and opened fire on police first. He said the police fired into the air to disperse the crowd.
The protesters were mostly students affiliated with the Jamaat-e-Islami political party.
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Poorly worded title by the author.
I was led to believe that some photographer was shooting at protesters. Maybe he was. I mean, he’s a photographer and those guys do shoot photographs, right?
Who was doing the shooting? Title is unclear.
Another snapshot of the bro’s who Obama chose.
One can no longer stand on middle ground. This is coming down to either accepting Islam or killing those who support that religion. No other option is going to be available.
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