Islamabad protesters burn Barack Obama in effigy for offensive movie

This thing is gettin’ super ugly…

Muslim People In Islamabad Gather To Protest “Innocence Of Muslims”

According to the BBC/UK

Demonstrators who gathered outside the US embassy in Islamabad to protest against an amateur video mocking Islam have begun to disperse peacefully.

The Pakistani authorities had earlier called on the army as police struggled to contain the crowd of thousands with tear gas and live rounds.

Some protesters had said they would not leave the diplomatic enclave until the US embassy was on fire.

Protests over the film, Innocence of Muslims, have claimed several lives.

It was made in the US and is said to insult the Prophet Muhammad.

Streets leading to the enclave, where most of the embassies are housed, were earlier blocked off by shipping containers in an effort to increase security.

Police had no control of the situation as angry protesters burned President Obama in effigy as people threw missles and other objects at authorites.

One protester in particular was heard saying:

“The infidel who produced the movie should be hanged, or hand over him to the Muslims. And we don’t want any (US) diplomat or embassy in Pakistan: all relations should be cut off.”

Despite all the ire, the BBC correspondent says the protest appeared to end without incident.

The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad, who did not see any evidence of the army at the scene, said the protest was “turned out like a light”.

He said it was amazing, given the strength of feeling at the the protest earlier, that the crowd left as peacefully as it did.

He says the area is still shrouded in tear gas.

The Pakistani government has issued a national holiday for people to protest in peace, but how long will that “peace” really last when people are so angry???

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