19 Jan 2015

In pictures: Muslims protest against Charlie Hebdo

Muslim protesters have taken to the streets around the world to voice their opposition to Charlie Hebdo cartoons. In Niger ten people are reported dead as protesters turn violent and burn churches.

Supporters of Shabab-e-Milli, the youth wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, stand on a top of a replica of the French flag to protest against satirical French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Quetta, Pakistan.

Protesters trampled the French flag before burning it, along with pictures and effigies of the French president.

Ten people have been killed in two days of violent protests in Niger against a French publication`s cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad.

On Saturday, churches were set on fire in the capital, Niamey, where police and army officers attempted to disperse the crowd by firing tear gas.

Protesters also set alight roadblocks across the city, its French cultural centre, and the National Lottery building in response to the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo`s depiction of the Prophet on its latest cover.

Supporters of the Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami hold placards as they listen to a speech during a protest against satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. On Friday, protesters trying to storm the French consulate in the southern city of Karachi shot and injured a photographer working for French news agency AFP.

French Muslim youths hold placards which read, “I am Muslim. I love my Prophet” and “I am Muhammad. I belong to the Muslim community and I am anti-terrorist” during a demonstration in central Paris.

Two hundred French Muslims take part in a demonstration in support of France, asking for respect of their religion, and opposing the terror attacks at the offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.