Photo Gallery: Frenzied Mobs Around the Globe Rage Over Anti-Islam Film
Afghan demonstrator burn the mock of US flag as they shout slogans during a protest against an anti-Islam video, in Nangarhar Gani Khell district, Afghanistan, 14 September 2012. Afghanistan’s government on 13 September ordered the banning of the YouTube site in its country, in an attempt to head off people from watching the controversial anti-Islam film produced in the US. ‘We have decided to ban YouTube in Afghanistan. We have started shutting down YouTube website, there are more than 40 internet providers and all have been asked to block YouTube,’ said Aimal Marjan, an official with the communications ministry. The secretary general ‘calls for calm and restraint, and stresses the need for dialogue,’ the UN said in a statement released online late 13 September. (Credit: EPA)
Afghan demonstrators burn an effigy of US President Barak Obama during a protest against an anti-Islam video, in Nangarhar Gani Khell district, Afghanistan, 14 September 2012. Afghanistan’s government on 13 September ordered the banning of the YouTube site in its country, in an attempt to head off people from watching the controversial anti-Islam film produced in the US. ‘We have decided to ban YouTube in Afghanistan. We have started shutting down YouTube website, there are more than 40 internet providers and all have been asked to block YouTube,’ said Aimal Marjan, an official with the communications ministry. The secretary general ‘calls for calm and restraint, and stresses the need for dialogue,’ the UN said in a statement released online late 13 September. (Credit: EPA)
Supporters of Tehreek Hurmat e Rasool hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest against an anti-Islam video, in Lahore, Pakistan, 14 September 2012. The Pakistani parliament passed a resolution on 13 September condemning an anti-Islamic video that has sparked outrage across the Muslim world, and urged the US to take appropriate action. Lawmakers expressed their anger hours after the Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the video had hurt the people of Pakistan and Muslims across the world. (Credit: EPA)
Supporters of Tehreek Hurmat e Rasool hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest against an anti-Islam video, in Lahore, Pakistan, 14 September 2012. The Pakistani parliament passed a resolution on 13 September condemning an anti-Islamic video that has sparked outrage across the Muslim world, and urged the US to take appropriate action. Lawmakers expressed their anger hours after the Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the video had hurt the people of Pakistan and Muslims across the world. (Credit: EPA)