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Photos: Pakistan backlash grows over Charlie Hebdo cartoons

The protests were largely led by the hardline Tehreek-e-Laibak Pakistan party

Published: September 05, 2020 12:32 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor and with inputs from agencies

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Copy of 579742-01-02-1599294174631 — Thousands of protesters rallied in anti-France demonstrations across Pakistan on Friday as anger swelled over a French magazine's decision to republish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). | Above: Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan carry placards and shout slogans during the protest in Rawalpindi. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-09-04T153627Z_1195309368_RC2RRI9M764R_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-PROTESTS-CARTOONS-1599294162009 — Earlier this week satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo - the target of a massacre by gunmen in 2015 - reprinted the controversial images to mark the beginning of the trial of the alleged accomplices in the attack. | Above: Protesters chant slogans against Charlie Hebdo in Karachi. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_44581.jpg-17515-1599294141422 — The publication's move sparked condemnation from Pakistan's foreign ministry along with calls from Islamists to hold protests following Friday prayers, spurring thousands to mass in cities where they called for boycotts and the French ambassador's expulsion. | Above: Supporters of a religious group 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan chant slogans during a rally in Lahore. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 579863-01-02-1599294149551 — "We need to send a strong message to the French that this disrespect to our beloved prophet will not be tolerated," protester Muhammad Ansari said during a demonstration in the eastern city of Lahore. | Above: Activists of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan walk on a French national flag during a protest in Lahore. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 579619-01-02-1599294119125 — Friday's demonstrations were largely led by the hardline party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, which has organised huge and often violent protests over alleged blasphemy in the past. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_72779.jpg-74db7-1599294166617 — Pakistan's government also condemned the reprinting of the cartoons. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the South Asian country believed in freedom of expression but such liberty does not mean a license to offend religious sentiment. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 580706-01-02-1599294122664 — Policemen stop supporters of hardline party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan along a road during a protest, in Rawalpindi Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_62070.jpg-84f90-1599294127752 — Supporters of a religious group 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan chant slogans during a rally in Karachi Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-09-04T153452Z_367718031_RC2RRI9D38OZ_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-PROTESTS-CARTOONS-1599294157412 — Supporters of religious and political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) wave as they chant slogans against the satirical French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, during a protest in Karachi Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_76982.jpg-55182-1599294171430 — Supporters of a religious group 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan chant slogans during a rally in Karachi Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 579610-01-02-1599294116447 — Supporters of hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan carry placards and shout slogans during a protest in Rawalpindi Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_92461.jpg-746ca-1599294146213 — Supporters of a religious group 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan participate in a rally to condemn the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Lahore Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_17277.jpg-fd8f6-1599294136597 — Supporters of a religious group 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan stand over the representation of the French flag during a rally, in Lahore Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 579942-01-02-1599294152940 — Activists of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan march during a protest in Lahore Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Pakistan_Charlie_Hebdo_Protest_78281.jpg-fb282-1599294131967 — Supporters of a religious group 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan chant slogans during a rally in Lahore Image Credit: AP

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