PARIS (Reuters) - A French magazine ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday by portraying him unclad in cartoons, threatening to fuel the anger of Muslims around the world who are already incensed by a film depiction of him as a lecherous fool.
The drawings in satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo risked exacerbating a crisis that has seen the storming of U.S. and other Western embassies, the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and a deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
Riot police were deployed to protect the magazine's Paris offices after it hit the news stands with a cover showing an Orthodox Jew pushing the turbaned figure of Mohammad in a wheelchair.
On the inside pages, several caricatures of the Prophet showed him unclad. One, entitled "Mohammad: a star is born", depicted a bearded figure crouching over to display his buttocks and genitals.
The French government, which had urged the weekly not to print the cartoons, said it was temporarily shutting down premises including embassies and schools in 20 countries on Friday, when protests sometimes break out after Muslim prayers.
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby called the drawings provocative and outrageous but said those who were offended by them should "use peaceful means to express their firm rejection".
Tunisia's governing Islamist party, Ennahda, condemned the cartoons as an act of "aggression" against Mohammad. It urged Muslims, in responding to it, to avoid falling into a trap designed by "suspicious parties to derail the Arab Spring and turn it into a conflict with the West".
In Lebanon, Salafist cleric Sheikh Nabil Rahim said the incident would raise tensions that were already dangerously high.
"We will try to keep things managed and peaceful, but these things easily get out of hand. I fear there could more targeting of foreigners, and this is why I wish they would not persist with these provocations," he said.
In the northern Paris suburb of Sarcelles, one person was slightly hurt when two masked men threw a small explosive device through the window of a kosher Jewish supermarket, a police source said, adding it was too early to link the incident to the cartoons.
MUSLIMS YOUTH MAKE UNA WAKE UP.... ALL THOSE UNA WICKED LEADERS DEY USE UNA PLAY BALL LIKE MUGU... MUSLIMS ARE ALL FOOLSSSSS..UNA GO DIE FINISH FOR FIGHT ... MUGU
Posted: at 19-09-2012 10:35 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
maryclaret at 19-09-2012 11:21 PM (11 years ago) (f)
Why do some people just thrive in stupidity and foolishness? They are just looking for what to do to get their lousy magazine to sell. Silly people....
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Posted: at 19-09-2012 11:21 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Why do some people just thrive in stupidity and foolishness? They are just looking for what to do to get their lousy magazine to sell. Silly people....
nice one if u want to be pupollar this time just draw something that look like osama with big dick and dirty bia bia label it moha maid over night u become supper star
Posted: at 20-09-2012 05:28 AM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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