'NATO Ally' - Hundred Thousand chant for Hizbullah, Hamas in Charlie Hebdo protest in southeast Turkey

'NATO Ally' - Hundred Thousand chant for Hizbullah, Hamas in Charlie Hebdo protest in southeast Turkey .(TZ).

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakır on Saturday to protest a satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was the target of a deadly attack in early January for its cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad.

Around 100,000 people attended the protest held to "respect the Prophet" in Diyarbakır's İstasyon Square and organized by the “Lovers of the Prophet Platform." Sympathizers of Turkish Hizbullah -- which has no affiliation with Lebanon's Hezbollah -- as well as Islamist Free Cause Party (Hüda-Par) Chairman Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu and regional clerics were also present at the protest, which lasted around two hours, the private Doğan news agency reported.

The crowd sang Islamic hymns and chanted slogans in Turkish and Kurdish, saying, “I am Hizbullah in Kurdistan," "I am Hamas in Palestine," "I am Malcom X in the US," "I am Sheik Zeki in Cizre" and "I am Sheikh Shamil in Chechnya." Sheikh Shamil was the religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. The protesters also held placards, reading phrases like: "Damn those saying 'I am Charlie'" and the "May Charlie's Devils not defame the Prophet.”

Delivering a speech in Turkish, Mullah Osman Teyfur said the Lovers of the Prophet may remain silence against slander directed at them, but they will not accept attacks and insults against "God's messenger."

In his remarks at the protest, Teymur claimed that Westerners fear the soul of Muhammad will come alive. Hmmmm......And Europe should 'accept' this bunch? Read the full story here.