Protests gather steam against Charlie Hebdo cartoon across the world

Source: Presstv & Agency Reports
Worldwide protests continue against the French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s publication of a blasphemous cartoon of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. 
In Pakistan, thousands of protesters gathered in the country’s port city of Karachi on Wednesday, chanting slogans against the French magazine.

Reports say Pakistani traders and businessmen also gathered in the city of Lahore, where they held placards with the holy Prophet’s name on them.

Pakistanis have been holding protests against the French weekly over the past days.

Protests in Afghanistan

Meanwhile, Afghan protesters gathered in front of the French embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul on Thursday.

The demonstrators chanted slogans and carried banners, calling France the enemy of humanity.

The protesters said both the deadly January 7 attack on Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris and the cartoon printed by the magazine were anti-Islamic conspiracies.

They demanded that those behind the insulting publication to be brought to justice.

Similar protests have been held in countries across the world, including Azerbaijan, France, the United State and Israel, to condemn the magazine’s move.

On January 7, two gunmen attacked Charlie Hebdo’s Paris offices, killing 12 people. The al-Qaeda branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack.

The French magazine has repeatedly provoked Muslim anger by publishing cartoons of the Prophet, defending its actions under the guise of free speech.

The magazine published its first cartoon depicting Prophet Mohammed four years ago. Following the 2011 publication, the magazine’s offices were targeted in a firebomb attack.