‘Life Has Stopped:’ 70 Niger Churches Struggle to Rebuild After Islamist Revenge Rampage for Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

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  • Niger(Photo: Reuters/Joe Penney)
Churchgoer Romain Oke poses for a picture inside an evangelical church that was destroyed in riots demonstrating against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, in Niamey, Niger, January 23, 20Christian Post Report – 15. At least five people were killed last Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to Christian Post Report – 10.
  • Niger(Photo: Reuters/Joe Penney)
  • Men start reconstruction works on an evangelical church that was destroyed in riots demonstrating against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, in Niamey, Niger, January 23, 20Christian Post Report – 15. At least five people were killed last Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to Christian Post Report – 10.
  • Niger(Photo: Reuters/Joe Penney)
  • The burnt entrance of an evangelical church that was destroyed in riots demonstrating against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, is pictured in Niamey, Niger, January 23, 20Christian Post Report – 15. At least five people were killed last Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, authorities said, bringing the death toll from two days of violence in the country to Christian Post Report – 10.
  • Niger(Photo: Reuters/Tagaza Djibo)
  • A man (2nd L) holds a sign reading “Charlie and his allies are damned” during a protest against Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou’s attendance last week at a Paris rally in support of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as the cover of its first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen, in Niamey, January Christian Post Report – 17, 20Christian Post Report – 15.
  • Niger(Photo: Reuters/Tagaza Djibo)
  • A man holds a copy of the Quran during a protest against Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou’s attendance last week at a Paris rally in support of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as the cover of its first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen in Niamey, January Christian Post Report – 17, 20Christian Post Report – 15.