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Journalists in Egypt condemn Charlie Hebdo attack

2015-01-09 25 Dailymotion

There has been a mixed reaction in the Arab world to the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices.<br /><br /> In Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry condemned the “terrorist” incident in a foreign ministry statement. Shoukry held a phone call on Thursday with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius to offer Egypt’s condolences to the French government and people over the attack.<br /><br /> President Abdel Fattah al Sisi extended condolences to his French counterpart Francois Hollande.<br /><br /> The Arab League and Al-Azhar University, the Sunni Muslim world’s premier Islamic institution, strongly condemned Wednesday’s deadly shooting attack on the office of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.<br /><br /> Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali and the Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) also added their voices to the condemnation.<br /><br /> Egyptian journalists were shocked. But some also said the satirical magazine had insulted Islam.<br /><br /> “We condemn this attack, and we are against it, but at the same time we reject the ins

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