Anti-Islam film, cartoon protested
Protesters condemn a US film and cartoons deemed insulting to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) during a protest procession on the capital's Kuril Biswa Road yesterday. More than 6,000 people joined the demonstration after Juma prayers, blocking the road for around two hours.Photo: STAR
Expressing anger at a US film and a French weekly's cartoon mocking Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (pbuh), over 6,000 protesters brought out a procession in the capital's Kuril Biswa Road after Juma prayers yesterday. The protesters, under the banner, “Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) Defamation Protest Committee”, blocked traffic and caused long tailbacks on the road for two hours. Stopped by police from proceeding towards the US embassy, the committee Convener Mufti Mizanur Rahman Sayed demanded a ban on the film, exemplary punishment to its makers and enactment of a law to punish such mockery attempts. Police said a memorandum of the committee addressed to the embassy would be forwarded once the embassy opens after the weekend. The crudely made video, filmed in California and circulated on the Internet under several titles including “Innocence of Muslims”, portrays the Prophet Mohammad engaged in crude and offensive behaviour. The weekly, Charlie Hebdo, published the cartoon which includes obscene images intended to represent Prophet Mohammad, as opposed to any other Muslim.
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