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Afghanistan rally hails Charlie Hebdo attackers as 'heroes'
[CA.NEWS.YAHOO] Hundreds in southern Afghanistan rallied to praise the killing of 12 people at the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo...  A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe..., calling the two gunnies "heroes" who meted out punishment for cartoons disrespectful to Islam's prophet, officials said Saturday. The demonstrators also protested President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. 's swift condemnation of the bloody attack on the satirical newspaper, according to the officials in Uruzgan province. The rally came after worshippers left Friday prayers at a local mosque in Chora district and swelled to several hundred people, said Chora police chief Abdul Qawi. "The protesters were calling the attackers heroes and were shouting that those who had mocked the Prophet Mohammad were punished," Qawi said. Provincial police chief Matiullah Khan said that police had been informed in advance of the demonstration, which was allowed under the Afghan constitution's free-speech provisions. "They provided good security and it was peaceful," he said. Afghanistan's Caped President Ghani issued a condemnation the day after the newspaper attack saying "there is no justification for this brutal act". Posted by: Fred 2015-01-12 |
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