Sudan clerics urge demo over Charlie Hebdo
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The Sudanese Scholars' Authority called for demonstrations "after Friday prayers to condemn the publication of more than three million copies of cartoons insulting" Mohammed, said a statement carried by state news agency SUNA.
Authority Chairman Mohammed Osman Salih demanded that the French government apologise for the "shameful act," but gave no further details of the marches.
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| People wait outside a news store in Paris, France, on January 14, 2015, as the latest edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo goes on sale ©Martin Bureau (AFP/File) |
The slogan that has become a global rallying cry for those expressing sympathy for the victims and support for freedom of speech.
Wednesday's was the first issue of the magazine to be published since Islamist gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on its Paris offices on January 7.
The call from the authority, a religious body seen as close to Sudan's Islamist government, comes days after it condemned the attack but called on people to respect Muslim beliefs and "refrain from abusing any of their values".