Arab world protests Charlie Hebdo caricature of Mohammed

VIVE LE CHARLIE HEBDO: A man with the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo at the improvised memorial on Rue Nicolas Appert, near the satirical magazine's offices in Paris, where many of its staff were killed by two gunmen
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In Jordan, people taking part in a massive rally against Charlie Hebdo clashed with police after they were prevented from marching to the French embassy in the capital Amman, media said. No casualties were reported.
Police briefly arrested four protesters, Jordanian independent newspaper Alaraby Alyawm reported.
The demonstrators carried placards reading: "Freedom of expression doesn't mean offending our beliefs."


Thousands of angry Algerians demonstrated in the centre of the capital Algiers.
"I follow Mohammed!" the protesters chanted amid a heavy police presence.
"The Kouachis are martyrs," they also cried, referring to the two Islamist brothers who killed 12 people in the attack on the Paris office of the magazine.
No violence occurred at the rally.

In Jerusalem, several hundred Palestinians gathered on the Temple Mount after Friday prayers to denounce the magazine cover and burn the French flag, Palestinian news agency Maan reported.
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem had earlier denounced the depiction of Mohammed, but had also spoken out against all forms of terrorism.

Charlie Hebdo released a sell-out issue on Wednesday with the weeping Mohammed holding a sign with the slogan of solidarity adopted by those who condemn the attack "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie) under the cover headline "All is forgiven."
Most Islamic scholars strictly prohibit depictions of Mohammed and other prophets, regarding this as irreverent.

Charlie Hebdo's cover was a clear message from the surviving staff members of the weekly that the killings would not intimidate them into changing their provocative sense of humour.
The offices of the magazine were firebombed in November 2011 after it published a spoof issue that featured the prophet Mohammed as editor.

In 2006, Charlie Hebdo angered Muslims by re-publishing cartoons lampooning the prophet that had first appeared in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Source- Times