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500 Pak lawyers protest against anti-Islam Dutch film

April 15th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by admin Tell a Friend -

Lahore, Apr.15 (ANI): Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers on Tuesday staged a protest against a Dutch film that satirically depicted the Prophet Mohammad and accused the Koran of inciting violence. The movie made by Dutch lawmarker Geert Wilders last month, interspersed caricatures of the prophet and the Koran with images of the 9/11 attacks and other Islamist bombings. Titled “Fitna,” a Koranic term sometimes translated as “strife”, it also shows an image of the Prophet Mohammad primed to explode. Reports said that 500 lawyers took part in the demonstration and shouted slogans like “Death is acceptable in the service of the prophet” and “God is greatest”. “Death is acceptable in the path of saving the sanctity of prophet”, said a banner. The protesters marched for about a kilometre from the high court building to the Data Darbar, the shrine of Lahore’s patron saint. Manzoor Qadir, the president of the Lahore Bar Association, said that the present government was not doing enough to rein in foreigners indulging in blasphemous acts.
He demanded the expulsion of the Danish envoy and called for a snapping of diplomatic ties with Denmark. The Dutch government has distanced itself from Wilders’ views that the rising number of Muslims in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe threatens democratic societies. In the film, he tried to urge Muslims to tear out “hate-filled” verses from the Koran. The film concludes with a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad with a bomb under his turban, originally published in Danish newspapers that triggered violent protests across the Muslim world in 2006 in which at least 50 people were killed. The Pakistan Senate has condemned efforts to denigrate Islam and promote hatred. (ANI)

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3 Responses

  1. dropie Says:

    “Death is acceptable in the service of the prophet”?
    WHO’S DEATH? INOCENT CIVILIANS THAT ARE NOT MUSLIMS? WELL, WE GONNA SEE ABOUT THAT.

  2. Mohammad Says:

    I thought lawyer are the most logical person in the entire world. I thought in defending his client lawyer use logic and shrewdness rather than shouting along the road. What happens with recent lawyers? Ah… even lawyers are not immune to the teaching of crazy mohammad..

    I would respect lawyers more if they use their skills to prove it the content of Fitna the movie is not as taught in quran..

    Why not use/ the brain but use the kneecap

  3. Muslim Tiger Says:

    The teachings of Islam are not barbaric like most western people think. Islam is a peaceful religion that is fit for all nations and races and it does not support terrorism.

    If a minor few claim that they are defending Islam by killing innocent people that does not mean they are right. We Muslims despise their acts.

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