Arab League, top Muslim body condemn Paris attack
The Arab League and Al-Azhar,
Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, both condemned a
deadly attack Wednesday on a Paris satirical newspaper.
“Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris,” the League said after gunmen stormed the weekly’s offices killing at least 12 people and chanting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest).
Al-Azhar condemned the “criminal attack,” saying that “Islam denounces any violence”, in remarks carried by Egypt’s state news agency MENA.
In a separate statement to AFP, Al-Azhar senior official Abbas Shoman said the institution “does not approve of using violence even if it was in response to an offence committed against sacred Muslim sentiments”.
Charlie Hebdo has sparked anger in the past among Muslims for publishing cartoons of the prophet Mohamed.
Paris attackers shouted ‘we have avenged the prophet’ -Police
The attackers who stormed the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, killing 12 people, shouted “we have avenged the prophet”, according to witnesses cited by a police source.
In a video of the attack filmed by a man taking refuge on a nearby rooftop, the men can be heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) between rounds of heavy arms fire.
Armed gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, leaving “casualties”, said the publication’s cartoonist.
“I think there are casualties,” Renaud Luzier told AFP.
“Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris,” the League said after gunmen stormed the weekly’s offices killing at least 12 people and chanting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest).
Al-Azhar condemned the “criminal attack,” saying that “Islam denounces any violence”, in remarks carried by Egypt’s state news agency MENA.
In a separate statement to AFP, Al-Azhar senior official Abbas Shoman said the institution “does not approve of using violence even if it was in response to an offence committed against sacred Muslim sentiments”.
Charlie Hebdo has sparked anger in the past among Muslims for publishing cartoons of the prophet Mohamed.
Paris attackers shouted ‘we have avenged the prophet’ -Police
The attackers who stormed the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, killing 12 people, shouted “we have avenged the prophet”, according to witnesses cited by a police source.
In a video of the attack filmed by a man taking refuge on a nearby rooftop, the men can be heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) between rounds of heavy arms fire.
Armed gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, leaving “casualties”, said the publication’s cartoonist.
“I think there are casualties,” Renaud Luzier told AFP.
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