45 Christian churches in Niger burnt

Source: Pano feed

(VOVworld) – Forty-five Christian churches were torched over the weekend in Niger’s capital during deadly protests over the publication of a Prophet Mohammed cartoon by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police said on Monday.


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The protests, which left at least 10 people dead and 170 people injured in the capital city of Niamey and Zinder, also saw a Christian school and orphanage set alight.


Over 1 million people took part in a rally protesting the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in Gronzny city of the Chechen Republic. In some countries with a large Muslim population, including Pakistan and Algeria, many protests have broken out.




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