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Up to 800,000 Chechens protest over cartoons of prophet Muhammad
Source: Reuters
Up to 800,000 Chechens protest over cartoons of prophet Muhammad
Reuters in Grozny
The Guardian, Monday 19 January 2015 17.12 GMT
Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the “vulgar and immoral” cartoons of the prophet Muhammad published by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Mixing pro-Islamic chants and anti-western rhetoric, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov criticised Europe to chants of “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) as the protesters stood along the main thoroughfare of Chechnya’s capital, Grozny.
Some carried signs declaring “I love my prophet Muhammad” in English and others waved flags, as security service helicopters flew overhead and police stood by.
The rally was shown live on state television.
Russia’s Interior Ministry said 800,000 people had attended the rally – about 60 percent of Chechnya’s population. Reuters witnesses put the number at several hundred thousand.
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Reuters in Grozny
The Guardian, Monday 19 January 2015 17.12 GMT
Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the “vulgar and immoral” cartoons of the prophet Muhammad published by French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Mixing pro-Islamic chants and anti-western rhetoric, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov criticised Europe to chants of “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) as the protesters stood along the main thoroughfare of Chechnya’s capital, Grozny.
Some carried signs declaring “I love my prophet Muhammad” in English and others waved flags, as security service helicopters flew overhead and police stood by.
The rally was shown live on state television.
Russia’s Interior Ministry said 800,000 people had attended the rally – about 60 percent of Chechnya’s population. Reuters witnesses put the number at several hundred thousand.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/19/chechens-protest-cartoons-prophet-muhammad-charlie-hebdo
