Pakistan lawmakers condemn caricatures of Islam’s prophet

Pakistani lawmakers march outside the parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 protesting against blasphemous caricatures published in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. Pakistani lawmakers passed a resolution and marched outside country’s parliament Thursday to protest the publication of images of Islam’s prophet in the satirical French magazine attacked by extremists last week. The lawmakers unanimously approved the resolution condemning the publication of the images. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) Pakistani lawmakers march outside the parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 protesting against blasphemous caricatures published in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. Pakistani lawmakers passed a resolution and marched outside country’s parliament Thursday to protest the publication of images of Islam’s prophet in the satirical French magazine attacked by extremists last week. The lawmakers unanimously approved the resolution condemning the publication of the images. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

By Associated Press January 15, 2015 2 min read

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistani lawmakers passed a resolution and marched outside parliament on Thursday to protest the publication of images of Islam’s prophet in the satirical French magazine attacked by extremists last week.

Like many other Muslim nations, Pakistan has condemned last week’s deadly rampage at the Paris office of the Charlie Hebdo weekly, which killed 12 people, including editors, cartoonists and two policemen.

But the authorities have also condemned the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, which many Muslims consider sacrilege.

Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Mohammad Yousuf said the lawmakers unanimously adopted the resolution condemning the publication of the images.

The resolution was mostly symbolic. Yousif did not say how many legislators were present, but he stressed that lawmakers from all political parties backed the measure. The resolution also condemned violence under any pretext.