Reactions to "Innocence of Muslims" film continue across the world

The "Innocence of Muslims" film continued sparking reactions throughout the world. The most recent one would be in Kabul, where a suicide bomber, said to be a 22-year-old woman, rammed a car packed with explosives into a mini-bus in Kabul, killing at least 12 people in what a militant group said was revenge for the film. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the attack killed eight South Africans, three Afghans and a Kyrgyzstani all aviation workers who were headed to the capital's airport.                  

In Pakistan, hundreds of angry protesters broke through a barricade outside the U.S. Consulate in the northwest city of Peshawar. Demonstrators threw bricks and flaming wads of cloth at the police, who pushed them back by firing tear gas and rubber bullets and charging with batons. Several were wounded on both sides. The protest was organized by the youth wing of the hardliner Jamaat-e-Islami party.              

In India, the protest against an anti-Islam film intensified in various regions of India on Tuesday with demonstrations seen, from Srinagar in northern Jammu and Kashmir State to Chennai in southern Tamil Nadu.              

However, in Thailand, an estimated 400 people protested peacefully outside the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, where protesters carried signs and banners saying, "We love Prophet Muhammad" and "Stop insulting our religion," and chanting, "Down with America" and "Down with Israel." The demonstration was organized by a group called the International Al Quds Federation of Thailand, which had called for a peaceful protest on its Facebook page. About 700 police were on hand to maintain order.              

In Indonesia, about 200 people from various Islamic groups torched an American flag and tires outside the U.S. Consulate in Medan, the nation's third-largest city. Some unfurled banners saying, "Go to hell America," while others trampled on dozens of paper flags. About 50 protesters at KFC and Texas Chicken restaurants forced customers to leave and management to close the stores.                

Another kind of reactions emerged as a Salafist Egyptian Clerk issued an advisory opinion (Fatwa) to kill all participants in the anti-Islam film produced in the United States raising a wave of protests and violence in the Muslim world. Sheikh Fouad Ashoush called for the deaths of all those involved in the making of an anti-Muslim film. The text of the Fatwa says: "I call for the killing of all those who participated in the anti-Islam film, producer, director, and actors."

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