22/05/2015
After the terrorist attacks against Charlie Hebdo, the publication of another cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad by the French weekly led to demonstrations by thousands of Muslims in various cities in the Islamic world. In the Sahel – Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan – the protests were numerous and generally peaceful. There were particularly large demonstrations in Mali, and, worryingly, the protests in Niger descended into acts of violence and vandalism. In addition, the terrorist attack in the center of Bamako on March 7, the first of its kind in several years, makes us wonder about the possible growth of a radical and violent Salafism in predominantly Muslim societies in the Sahel region.
Author: David Nievas Bullejos
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