BY the by, if anyone has seen the video clip that has started all this (I have) it is both amazing anyone who has seen it could be influenced by the blatant misinformation, manipulation and disinformation about Islam and the pathetically poor production quality AND it is sad people in positions of religious and political authority in the Islamic world are manipulating the ignorance (i.e. lack of proper secular and religious education) of so many of their people, encouraging violence, hatred, racism and religious intolerance against non Muslims, all for political and religious power. Those who are encouraging and allowing violence over this video are as evil as those who produced this video.
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/liveblog/topic/anti-islam-film-protests-10701
IF you want to see the video go to my post THE INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS (COMPLETE VIDEO) http://bucknacktssordidtawdryblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-innocence-of-muslims-complete-video.html It is so revolting, so pathetic and disgusting I'll bet you won't be able to watch the whole thing.....
Anti-Islam film protests
"Like a war zone outside [US] embassy. Police are trying to protect it. Protesters tried to enter from every side." - Yousef Gaigi in Tunis
Anti-Islam film protests
Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Berlin on attacks against German embassy in Khartoum, Sudan.
Anti-Islam film protests
A US official says an elite Marine rapid response team has
arrived in Yemen in the wake of violence and protests in the capital of
Sanaa.
The deployment comes as Yemeni security forces were firing live rounds and tear gas into the crowd of about 2,000 protesters trying to march to the US embassy. On Thursday hundreds of protesters stormed the embassy compound and burned the American flag.
The Marine unit, known as a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST), was sent in response to Thursday's violence and as a precautionary measure, as waves of attacks roiled the Muslim world over an anti-Islam video.
A similar team was dispatched to Libya on Wednesday in response to violence there.
The deployment comes as Yemeni security forces were firing live rounds and tear gas into the crowd of about 2,000 protesters trying to march to the US embassy. On Thursday hundreds of protesters stormed the embassy compound and burned the American flag.
The Marine unit, known as a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST), was sent in response to Thursday's violence and as a precautionary measure, as waves of attacks roiled the Muslim world over an anti-Islam video.
A similar team was dispatched to Libya on Wednesday in response to violence there.
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Ironically, the only american flag still standing in an #USembassy is in Damascus. #Syria
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Palestinians have been protesting an anti-Muslim film, with
thousands gathering in the Gaza Strip and hundreds in Jerusalem where
they clashed with Israeli police.
In Gaza, thousands of people rallied at demonstrations in Gaza City and the southern town of Rafah, a day after the ruling Hamas party urged citizens to turn out for protests after Friday prayers.
Protesters waved the flags of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and set fire to American flags, chanting "Death, death to America, death, death to Israel".
Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya, in a sermon during Friday prayers, repeated a call on Washington to apologise for the film, produced in the United States.
"The US administration should apologise to the Arab and Islamic nation for this offensive film and bring these criminals to justice," he said.
Haniya said the film was the result of "a Jewish-American-Crusader alliance to ignite a war on Islam and sectarian strife, particularly in Egypt".
Protests began peacefully with several hundred people demonstrating on the plaza that holds both the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques, chanting, "With our blood and our soul, we will sacrifice for you our Prophet".
But clashes broke out between a part of the crowd and Israeli police as the demonstration moved out of the Old City, with security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades that injured at least five people.
"Israel police are dispersing rioters at Damascus Gate, rocks and stones are being thrown at them," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Police on horseback prevented demonstrators from moving away from the Old City, and four people were arrested during the clashes, said Rosenfeld. [AFP]
In Gaza, thousands of people rallied at demonstrations in Gaza City and the southern town of Rafah, a day after the ruling Hamas party urged citizens to turn out for protests after Friday prayers.
Protesters waved the flags of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and set fire to American flags, chanting "Death, death to America, death, death to Israel".
Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya, in a sermon during Friday prayers, repeated a call on Washington to apologise for the film, produced in the United States.
"The US administration should apologise to the Arab and Islamic nation for this offensive film and bring these criminals to justice," he said.
Haniya said the film was the result of "a Jewish-American-Crusader alliance to ignite a war on Islam and sectarian strife, particularly in Egypt".
Protests began peacefully with several hundred people demonstrating on the plaza that holds both the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques, chanting, "With our blood and our soul, we will sacrifice for you our Prophet".
But clashes broke out between a part of the crowd and Israeli police as the demonstration moved out of the Old City, with security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades that injured at least five people.
"Israel police are dispersing rioters at Damascus Gate, rocks and stones are being thrown at them," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Police on horseback prevented demonstrators from moving away from the Old City, and four people were arrested during the clashes, said Rosenfeld. [AFP]
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Muslim
protesters angered by an anti-Islam video have attacked the German and
British embassies in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
Demonstrators started fires and tore down the German flag, raising an Islamist banner in its place.
Al Jazeera's Harriet Martin is exclusively reporting from Khartoum.
Demonstrators started fires and tore down the German flag, raising an Islamist banner in its place.
Al Jazeera's Harriet Martin is exclusively reporting from Khartoum.
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Tunisian police fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters
gathered Friday outside the US embassy in a Tunis suburb to denounce a
film mocking Islam, an AFP journalist reported.
The security forces intervened when hardline Salafist members of the several hundred-strong demonstration outside the US mission started hurling rocks, the journalist said.
The security forces intervened when hardline Salafist members of the several hundred-strong demonstration outside the US mission started hurling rocks, the journalist said.
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Two demonstrators were killed and 25 people hurt in clashes
with police on Friday after an angry crowd of Islamists set fire to a
KFC restaurant in northern Lebanon, a security source said.
The crowd of some 300 people were protesting at a US-made film that mocks Islam.
The attack on the US fast-food chain's outlet came as Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon for a three-day visit, calling for Christian-Muslim co-existence and attacking religious extremism.
The demonstrators, many of them wearing long beards, poured out of a mosque after weekly Muslim prayers in the centre of the northern port city, waving traditional Islamist black flags and shouting against the United States and the pope.
"America is the enemy of God" and "O Muslims, shout it out, we don't want the pope," shouted the protesters.
Another slogan said "we want an Islamic state, not a crusader one."
When they arrived at the restaurant, located in southern Tripoli, they began hurling stones at police, wounding five of them.
Police responded with tear gas and by firing into the air. [AFP]
The crowd of some 300 people were protesting at a US-made film that mocks Islam.
The attack on the US fast-food chain's outlet came as Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon for a three-day visit, calling for Christian-Muslim co-existence and attacking religious extremism.
The demonstrators, many of them wearing long beards, poured out of a mosque after weekly Muslim prayers in the centre of the northern port city, waving traditional Islamist black flags and shouting against the United States and the pope.
"America is the enemy of God" and "O Muslims, shout it out, we don't want the pope," shouted the protesters.
Another slogan said "we want an Islamic state, not a crusader one."
When they arrived at the restaurant, located in southern Tripoli, they began hurling stones at police, wounding five of them.
Police responded with tear gas and by firing into the air. [AFP]
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As Sudanese protesters move cars and buses toward the US
embassy, Khartoum police try to secure the area. The German government
has said its embassy staff are safe after protesters assaulted the
German embassy.
We can confirm an ongoing demonstration outside the British Embassy in #Khartoum. Sudanese police are at the scene.
AJE's Rosiland Jordan at State Dept says #US diplomats in Mideast asked not to go out to the streets on Friday if they don't need to
Amnesty Int'l calls on #Egypt to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir who'll be in Cairo for a two-day visit, Sunday. @AmnestyOnline
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Security forces have killed one person and injured two others
during protests in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, according to
the Reuters news agency. Earlier protesters in Tripoli set fire to US
businesses like KFC and Hardees restaurants over the anti-Islam
video. The incidents come as Pope Benedict began a three-day visit to
Lebanon.
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Al Jazeera correspondents are reporting that Sudanese security
forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protestors outside US
embassy in Khartoum. Meanwhile, the UK and German embassies in the
Sudanese capital have reportedly been stormed, and video shows a part of
the latter embassy in flames as protesters demonstrate nearby.
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Hundreds of worshippers marched near the US embassy in Qatar
on Friday over the anti-Islam video. The protest had been reportedly
called for by Doha-based Egyptian Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and began
after his Friday sermon at the Omar bin Khateb mosque. The protesters, a
mix of Qataris and foreigners, chanted slogans like: "Obama, Obama, we
are all Osama," and "the people want the downfall of the [US]
ambassador."
The following images were taken by Al Jazeera's Matthew Cassel at that demonstration.
The following images were taken by Al Jazeera's Matthew Cassel at that demonstration.
Anti-Islam film protests
Hundreds of worshippers marched near the US embassy in Qatar
on Friday over the anti-Islam video. The protest had been reportedly
called for by Doha-based Egyptian Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and began
after his Friday sermon at the Omar bin Khateb mosque. The protesters, a
mix of Qataris and foreigners, chanted slogans like: "Obama, Obama, we
are all Osamah," and "the people want the downfall of the [US]
ambassador."
The following images were taken by Al Jazeera's Matthew Cassel at that demonstration.
The following images were taken by Al Jazeera's Matthew Cassel at that demonstration.
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Faisal Khan, a Kashmiri photojournalist, sent us these photos from a protest in Srinagar.
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Yemeni security forces fired warning shots and water cannon to
disperse hundreds of protesters trying to reach the US embassy in Sanaa
on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported.
The protesters gathered about 500 metres (yards) away from the embassy compound calling for the expulsion of the US envoy in Sanaa as they burnt the American flag. They were met by security forces who blocked all roads leading to the mission, after similar confrontations left four people dead on Thursday.
The protesters gathered about 500 metres (yards) away from the embassy compound calling for the expulsion of the US envoy in Sanaa as they burnt the American flag. They were met by security forces who blocked all roads leading to the mission, after similar confrontations left four people dead on Thursday.
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Al Jazeera's Ben Piven, reporting from near the US Embassy in
Doha, said that a crowd of about a thousand peaceful protesters were
holding up flags.
He said that dozens of police were present and had cordoned off the embassy.
He said that dozens of police were present and had cordoned off the embassy.
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Video-sharing website YouTube has blocked access in India to
an anti-Islam film that surfaced in the United States and has since
sparked deadly protests in the Muslim world, Google said on Friday.
US-based search engine Google, which owns YouTube, did not say whether it acted on its own or was asked to remove the content by the Indian government.
"We do, at times, block content in response to a court order or other valid legal process. We have blocked access to the YouTube page in the Indian domain," a Google executive, who asked not to be named, told AFP.
YouTube had earlier this week offered to "temporarily" restrict access to the film in Libya and Egypt, the hotbed of protests, because of the "very difficult situation" in both the countries.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have already blocked access to the movie, which was condemned as "inhuman" and "provocative". Indonesia, where most of the 240 million population practise a moderate form of Islam, has also demanded that YouTube remove the film from its website.
US-based search engine Google, which owns YouTube, did not say whether it acted on its own or was asked to remove the content by the Indian government.
"We do, at times, block content in response to a court order or other valid legal process. We have blocked access to the YouTube page in the Indian domain," a Google executive, who asked not to be named, told AFP.
YouTube had earlier this week offered to "temporarily" restrict access to the film in Libya and Egypt, the hotbed of protests, because of the "very difficult situation" in both the countries.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have already blocked access to the movie, which was condemned as "inhuman" and "provocative". Indonesia, where most of the 240 million population practise a moderate form of Islam, has also demanded that YouTube remove the film from its website.
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The latest protest has broken out in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Hundreds of demonstrators were stopped by police as they marched towards the centre of the capital city.
The protest was organised by a group of lawyers who say the film is too offensive to tolerate.
Hundreds of demonstrators were stopped by police as they marched towards the centre of the capital city.
The protest was organised by a group of lawyers who say the film is too offensive to tolerate.
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Demonstrations in Cairo against an anti-Islam film have
entered their fourth day. In the past, Egypt has been a strong political
ally of the United States, and it continues to receive more than one
billion dollars in aid each year.
But the latest wave of violence is putting a strain on the relationship. President Obama said, "I don't think that -- we would consider them an ally. But we don't consider them an enemy." Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington DC
But the latest wave of violence is putting a strain on the relationship. President Obama said, "I don't think that -- we would consider them an ally. But we don't consider them an enemy." Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington DC
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Egyptian protesters angry at a film they say insults Prophet
Mohammad hurled stones on Friday at a line of police in Cairo blocking
their way to the US embassy, which was attacked earlier this week.
Police in riot gear fired tear gas and threw stones back at the demonstrators. A burnt-out car was overturned in the middle of the street which leads to the fortified embassy from Tahrir Square.
Police had tried to clear the Square on Friday ahead of a nationwide protest called by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most influential group that propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power following popular protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak and ushered in the first democratic elections in decades.
But shortly after they cleared Tahrir, demonstrators returned. The Egyptian authorities had erected large concrete blocks to block the route to the embassy.
"Before the police, we were attacked by Obama," shouted one demonstrator, blaming US President Barack Obama and the US government for insulting the Prophet.
Police in riot gear fired tear gas and threw stones back at the demonstrators. A burnt-out car was overturned in the middle of the street which leads to the fortified embassy from Tahrir Square.
Police had tried to clear the Square on Friday ahead of a nationwide protest called by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most influential group that propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power following popular protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak and ushered in the first democratic elections in decades.
But shortly after they cleared Tahrir, demonstrators returned. The Egyptian authorities had erected large concrete blocks to block the route to the embassy.
"Before the police, we were attacked by Obama," shouted one demonstrator, blaming US President Barack Obama and the US government for insulting the Prophet.
Anti-Islam film protests
Demonstrations in Cairo against an anti-Islam film have entered their fourth day.
In the past, Egypt has been a strong political ally of the United States, and it continues to receive more than one billion dollars in aid each year.
But the latest wave of violence is putting a strain on the relationship. President Obama said, "I don't think that -- we would consider them an ally. But we don't consider them an enemy."
Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington DC.
In the past, Egypt has been a strong political ally of the United States, and it continues to receive more than one billion dollars in aid each year.
But the latest wave of violence is putting a strain on the relationship. President Obama said, "I don't think that -- we would consider them an ally. But we don't consider them an enemy."
Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan reports from Washington DC.
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Air traffic has been suspended for security reasons to Libya's
second city Benghazi, where the American ambassador was killed when the
US consulate came under attack, an airport source said on Friday.
"We received orders on Thursday evening to immediately suspend all flights for security reasons," the source told the AFP news agency.
"We received orders on Thursday evening to immediately suspend all flights for security reasons," the source told the AFP news agency.
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The AFP reports on American tourists being asked to leave Kashmir:
The most senior Islamic cleric in India-administered Kashmir has told all US citizens to "immediately leave" the region because of the privately-produced anti-Islam film that surfaced in the United States.
"US citizens visiting Kashmir should leave immediately as the sentiments of the Muslims have been hurt by these pictures," the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Bashiruddin Ahmad said Thursday, according to the Press Trust of India.
"Everyone accepts the greatness of the Prophet and any attempt to malign his image will not be tolerated," the news agency quoted him as saying.
A small group of protesters gathered peacefully on Thursday in the city of Srinagar in Kashmir to denounce the film, but police were on standby for the possibility of unrest after prayers on Friday.
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Qatar's The Peninsula newspaper has reported
that Egyptian Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called for a protest in Doha
after Friday prayers over the anti-Islam film. Qaradawi's Omar bin
Khatab mosque is located less than one kilometer from the US embassy in
Qatar:
Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi, chairman of the International Union of Muslim scholars, has called for a peaceful demonstration in Doha today to protest against the controversial American film insulting the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). The demonstration will begin from the premises of the Omar bin Khatab mosque in Medinat Khalifa after the Friday prayers.
Al Qaradawi had urged all Muslims to join the protest. He will lead the Friday prayers at Omar bin Khatab mosque today and deliver the sermon focusing on the issue. Several other Islamic scholars in Doha are also expected to attend the march.
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The Times of India reported that the Indian
government asked Google on Friday to block videos on its YouTube site
containing excerpts of the anti-Islam film.
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