Over 20,000 demonstrators came to rally against religious intolerance in the North Caucasus town of Magas, Saturday protesting the Islamophobic backlash across Europe that has followed the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris. The demonstrators marched through the capital of the Russian federal Republic of Ingushetia carrying banners bearing anti-discrimination messages. Criticising Western press for publishing images of the Prophet Muhammad, hundreds of protesters arranged themselves to form the message 'We (heart) Muhammad'. Violence against Muslims has spiked over the last week following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in which 17 people were killed purportedly by Jihadist militants on January 7. Hundreds of Western publications have since published visual depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, considered offensive by many Muslims and forbidden in most strains of Islam.
Memorial ... flowers, candles and an Israeli flag laid as a tribute to the victims of the attack which killed four people at the Jewish supermarket in Porte de Vincennes. Picture: AFP/Bertrand Guay Source: AFP
THE second Islamist gunman in the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack has been given a secretive burial in an unmarked grave near Paris, as police across Europe probed jihadist threats.
Cherif Kouachi, one of two brothers who killed 12 people in the attack on the satirical weekly, was buried just before midnight on Saturday in a cemetery in Gennevilliers, a day after his older brother Said was discreetly buried in the north-eastern city of Reims.
Cherif's family, including his widow, kept away from the funeral and the grave was left anonymous to avoid it becoming "a pilgrimage site" for Islamists.
The brothers were shot dead by police after a three-day manhunt following the slaughter at Charlie Hebdo, which had angered many Muslims around the world with its repeated publication of cartoons lampooning Islam's Prophet Mohammed.
There has been no word of plans for burying Amedy Coulibaly, who killed five people including four hostages at a kosher market in Paris before he was killed by police on January 9.
Buried ... Charlie Hebdo terrorists Said Kouachi (right) and Cherif Kouachi have been secretly buried in unmarked graves in Paris. Picture: Supplied Source: AP
Islamists around the world protest satirical depictions of Prophet Mohammed
Anger erupted in a string of majority Muslim countries after the satirical magazine responded to the massacre by running another caricature last week, showing the prophet under the headline "All is forgiven".
The worst unrest has been in Niger, where at least five people were killed and some eight churches were torched on Saturday.
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf burn an effigy representing French President Francois Hollande. Picture: AFP/Rizwan Tabassum Source: AFP
A Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf activist burns a placard showing French President Francois Hollande. Picture: AFP/Rizwan Tabassum Source: AFP
Around 1000 youths wielding iron bars, clubs and axes rampaged through the capital, hurling rocks at police who responded with teargas.
Demonstrators attending a banned political rally unconnected to the Charlie Hebdo controversy clashed with police in the capital Niamey on Sunday.
Unrest ... demonstrators clashed with police in Niamey, Niger, as police fired teargas to disperse a banned opposition demonstration. Picture: AFP/Boureima Hama Source: AFP
Five people have been killed and churches have been set alight in violent riots in Niger's capital city.
Meanwhile, a memorial rally was due in Paris on Sunday in memory of policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe, who was gunned down by Amedy Coulibaly, another Islamist gunman who claimed to be working with the Kouachi brothers and was also shot by police.
French investigators were focusing on 12 people detained early on Friday and being questioned over "possible logistic support" they may have given to the Paris gunmen, sources said.
Protest ... supporters of Pakistani political and Islamic party Jammat-e-Islami participate in a protest against the printing of satirical sketches of the Prophet Mohammed. Picture: AFP/Aamir Qureshi Source: AFP
Protest ... around 160 members of pro-Islamic groups shout slogans after holding funeral prayers to honour the Kouachi brothers, in Istanbul, Turkey. Picture: AP Source: AP
Suspected Islamist "terrorist" cell smashed in Belgium
Neighbouring Belgium deployed troops on the streets for the first time in 35 years after security forces this week smashed a suspected Islamist "terrorist" cell planning to kill police officers.
Greek anti-terror police arrested at least four people suspected of links to the dismantled jihadist cell on Saturday. However, authorities said on Sunday that there was no link between those detained and the Belgium cell.
A Greek police source said investigators had sent DNA evidence and fingerprints to Belgium to establish whether Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the 27-year-old suspected mastermind of the Belgian cell, was among the four.
"There is no connection between these people and the inquiry" in Belgium, Eric Van Der Sypt, spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office, said.
Belgium cell ... police officers work on a street in Verviers, Belgium. Picture: AP Photo/Frank Augstein Source: AP
The violence in France and Belgium and the continuing security crackdown has highlighted fears in Europe over the threat posed by residents returning home after fighting alongside Islamist groups in Syria.
Britain will hold a meeting of the coalition against the Islamic State group on Thursday, two weeks after the Paris attacks by gunmen claiming to act on behalf of the jihadist group and Al-Qaeda. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry will host the one-day talks in London to discuss progress on tackling the Islamist militants.
Increased security ... a Belgian para-commando patrols near the office of the prime minister in Brussels. Picture: AP Source: AP
Mohammed cartoons opposed by French: poll
Almost half of French oppose publication of cartoons depicting Islam's prophet Mohammed, according to a poll, as global debate deepens on the limits of free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings.
The Ifop poll on Sunday found 42 per cent believe Mohammed cartoons seen as offensive by many Muslims should not be published. Fifty per cent said they backed "limitations on free speech online and on social networks."
However, 57 per cent said opposition from Muslims should not prevent the cartoons being published, according to the poll, published in Le Journal du Dimanche.
Poll ... almost half of French oppose publication of cartoons depicting Islam's prophet Mohammed. Picture: Carsten Koall/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
The poll found overwhelming support — 81 per cent — for stripping French nationality from dual nationals who have committed an act of terrorism on French soil.
Sixty eight per cent favoured banning French citizens from returning to the country if "they are suspected of having gone to fight in countries or regions controlled by terrorist groups," such as Syria. The same percentage backed bans on people suspected of wanting to join jihadist movements from leaving France.
However, 57 per cent of respondents to the poll opposed French military intervention in countries including Libya, Syria and Yemen.
The poll was conducted last week. French President Francois Hollande called freedom of expression "non-negotiable".
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