About 500 Paleostinians on Saturday staged what banners proclaimed a "Festival of the followers of Mohammed" in east Jerusalem in protest against French cartoons and a U.S.-made film offensive to Islam."We are all faithful to Mohammed" and "Mohammed the Prophet of Islam," read the banners, brandished alongside flags of Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
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Police did not intervene in the rally, which included a marching band, he added.
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday published cartoons portraying Mohammed naked, further fueling earlier protests over the U.S.-made film "Innocence of Mohammedans" which have raged since September 11, leaving dozens dead worldwide.