Muslim protest reaches Israel; riots in Jerusalem
Muslim protest reaches Israel; riots in Jerusalem – Israel News, Ynetnews.
Violent riots break out in Jerusalem while hundreds rally against anti-Islam film in Akko. Protests continue to wreak havoc across Arab world; rioters storm German embassy in Sudan
Ynet reporters
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Hundreds of worshippers leaving the al-Aqsa Mosque after Friday prayers hurled stones at police officers and rioted near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate.
The demonstrators, protesting against the anti-Islam film that sparked riots across the Middle East, started marching towards the US Consulate but were blocked by police officers who used shock grenades against them. Several officers were lightly injured by stones. Some protesters were detained.
Hundreds in Akko also rallied after prayers at the al-Jazer Mosque calling for the struggle against all those trying to hurt Islam to continue. Akko Police chief Victor Buskila said that order is being maintained.
“The protesters are crying ‘Allahu Akbar’ and pro-Muhammad calls, not swear words or slander,” one bystander said. “It’s not against the State.”
The film “Innocence of Muslims” ignited riots across the Muslim world on Tuesday which led to the killing of US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three embassy staff. Friday saw the riots spread beyond the Middle East as dozens in Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines and Indonesia rallied after prayers. Protests were also held in Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, Iran, Qatar and Sudan.
Police in east Jerusalem (Photo: Noam Dabul Dvir)
Media in Jordan reported that hundreds of Salafi followers were marching towards the US Embassy in Amman. The protesters cried out “Listen Obama, We’re all Osama here” and burned US flags. Jordan has arranged for reinforced security around the embassy.
In Lebanon, one demonstrator was killed and two others were wounded in clashes with security forces in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli in Islamist protests over the offensive film and against the pope’s visit to Lebanon.
Gaza riots (Photo: Reuters)
A security source said the man was killed as protesters tried to storm a government building. Earlier Hundreds of protesters torched a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the city, witnesses said, chanting against the pope’s visit and shouting anti-American slogans. Twelve members of the security forces were wounded by stones thrown by protesters, the source said.
Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians held a protest march in Gaza heading towards the Legislative Council building.
In Sudan, demonstrators stormed the German embassy in Khartoum and raised an Islamic flag above the mission during a protest against the US-made film.
Protests in Khartoum (Photo: AFP)
A Reuters reporter saw protesters enter the embassy building in central Khartoum, smash windows and start a fire in front of the main gate. It was not immediately clear why European missions were being targeted.
Police had earlier tried to disperse some 5,000 protesters who had surrounded the German and nearby British embassy by firing volleys of teargas but no officers could be seen at the front gate after the storming.
Burning flags in Bangladesh (Photo: Reuters)
In Bangladesh, 10,000 people protested in capital Dhaka, burned US and Israeli flags and held their shoes up.
Legislators in Pakistan passed a bill that condemns the film and called on the US to take appropriate measures.
Black flags in Jakarta (Photo: AFP)
In Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, worshippers demonstrated outside the US Embassy in Jakarta and raised signs reading “Prophet Muhammad is the symbol of Islam.”
Thousands are also demonstrating in Tehran and calling “Death to the United States and Death of Israel”, Iranian TV reported.
Iranians chant ‘Death to Israel’ in Tehran
In Cairo, Al-Jazeera reported that citizens were placing small barriers preventing the protesters from reaching the US embassy. According to reports, few heeded the call to take part in the “Million-man march.”
It was later reported by Britain’s The Guardian that the Muslim Brotherhood canceled the protests in Egypt. Earlier, President Mohammed Morsi said that it’s up to Muslims as part of their Islamic duty to protect embassies and foreign diplomats who are guests in the country.
Noam (Dabul) Dvir, Roi Kais, Hassan Shaalan, Dudi Cohen, Maor Buchnik and Reuters contributed to this report
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