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Lashkar e Taiba Islamists call for boycott of French products |
2015-01-19 |
[ABC.NET.AU] A Lion of Islam group in Pakistain has urged supporters to boycott French products in protest against the magazine Charlie Hebdo ... ![]() 's most recent cover, which featured an image of the Prophet Muhammad. Lashkar-e-Taiba is of course "banned" in Pakistain. Fresh protests broke out Sunday in Pakistain where thousands gathered in almost all major cities, including Lahore, Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... and Islamabad, chanting angry slogans and burning French flags. Around 5,000 people demonstrated against the French magazine in Pakistain's eastern city of Lahore. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed ![]() ...who would be wearing a canvas jacket with very long sleeves anyplace but Pakistain... , the founder of Lashkar e Taiba - the group deemed to be behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks and several other attacks in India - told the demonstrators he had launch a movement against what he called the insulting caricatures of the beloved prophet. Mr Saeed urged traders to stop importing French products and for Pak leaders to try to get an international law against blasphemy passed. |
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