Sunday, September 16, 2012


More than a thousand people protested against the hostile to islam film produced in the United States in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. On Sunday, there had been several injured during nationwide protests in Pakistan. Meanwhile the head of the Shiite Hezbollah militia in the Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah called on "The innocence of the Muslims" to a week of protests against the film, in which the Prophet Muhammad is vilified.
In Kabul, some protesters set fire to cars and cried "Death to America" as the Chief of police of the Afghan capital, Mohammed Ajub Salangi said. Also out some people opened fire on police officers therefore from the set, they shot back but not. "And we won't be that also," Salangi said.
The protests were held according to the on the road from Jalalabad in the East of Kabul. NATO and US bases are located there. An AFP photographer according to lay stones on many roads, also shopkeepers in the area closed their business in a hurry. Reports on injuries were not available so far.
In the Pakistani port city of Karachi shot the police on the Sunday before the U.S. Consulate General in the air and against about a thousand demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon. At least eight people were injured according to official data, there were also 20 arrests. Approximately 1500 people followed a call to the Islamic party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) to a further protest demonstration in Karachi.
In the eastern city of Lahore, there was a peaceful demonstration with 6000 participants according to local police. Demonstrations were reported from Quetta, Multan and Muzaffarabad.
The head of the Shiite Hezbollah militia in the Lebanon called for a week of protest. "The whole world must see the anger in your faces, your fists and your screams," Nasrallah said on Sunday evening in a speech transmitted on television. The world must understand that Mohammed had followers would not mention to the film.
The film, which had led to violent protests in many Muslim countries in the past few days, Nasrallah described as "the worst ever launched attack on Islam". The film was even more devastating than the burning of the Koran in Afghanistan and the publication of Muhammad cartoons in Europe.

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