Anti-West riots spread across Middle East

http://news.sky.com/story/985121/tunis-protesters-attack-us-embassy

Tunis Protesters Attack US Embassy
Protesters attack the US embassy in Tunis, British and German embassies in Khartoum, and a KFC restaurant is torched in Tripoli.

Protesters have entered the US embassy in the Tunisia capital Tunis in the latest violence sparked by an anti-Muslim film.

A large fire could be seen burning inside the compound. Police fired teargas at the crowds, who broke windows and set fire to trees.

In the Sudanese capital Khartoum, some 5,000 protesters attacked the British and German embassies.

Demonstrators broke into the German compound, pulling down the German flag and flying a black Islamic flag above the building. They also smashed windows and started a fire in front of the main gate.

Police fired tear gas at the protesters, who then moved on to the nearby British embassy in Khartoum East.

Britain's Foreign Office said: "We can confirm an ongoing demonstration outside the British Embassy in Khartoum. Sudanese police are at the scene."



Germany embassy is attacked in Khartoum

Outside the city, thousands of protesters arrived in buses and cars to gather on the main street near the heavily-fortified US embassy. They lit several fires, as police fired tear gas to disperse them.

Unrest has spread across the Middle East, provoked by a US-made video depicting the Prophet Mohammed having sex, calling for massacres, and as a homosexual.

In Lebanon, hundreds of protesters chanting anti-American slogans set fire to a KFC restaurant in the northern city of Tripoli. One demonstrator was killed in the violence.

Locals watching the attack said people were shouting: "We don't want the Pope" and "No more insults (to Islam)".

It came as Pope Benedict began a three-day visit to Lebanon.

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This is seriously bad news, and getting worse.

See. We should just get out and leave them to get on with it. I really don't care what they do to each other.

I think I am starting to agree, Sabot. This is horrendous:

http://news.sky.com/story/985121/tunis-three-dead-during-attack-on-us-embassy



It doesn't even seem to be clear who made the film clip in the first place, or what their agenda was.

It's always the same, Bonny. They all want to be in charge, and when they are they all start bumping off the opposition while blaming the very people who tried to help.

They certainly aren't showing any sign of getting the hang of this 'democracy' business.

I never thought that they would. I just hoped.

I don't know what is the matter with these people. Why do they think it is perfectly alright to insult another Religion?
Okay, Christians don't generally get too upset if people insult Christianity, and even I can think of a few jokes. But why do this when they know what the reaction will be from the extremists.
Nostradamus said that this would be the cause of widespread minor wars in the 20th and 21st Centuries, but it never occurred to me that some people, who probably don't believe in anything, would do this deliberately. And in the end it only hurts those who are the most moderate.

I just don't get the point of being deliberately offensive, Sabot. What is it they think they are going to achieve with their stupid cartoon, which won't even be funny - these things never are.

Why gratuitously insult anyone's faith?

I have no problem whatsover with well-reasoned and researched articles about the way men have corrupted the teachings of Islam to suit their own ends; 900 years ago, Islam was light years ahead of the Christian world in science, medicine, etc., when the revolting 'Crusaders' attacked the Middle East.

Now that interests me.

But a stupid cartoon, which is going to cause yet more upset and bloodshed? What's the point - it's like trolling on a world scale.

There are quite a few things wrong with modern day Islam, Bonny. None of which are funny. But then I can think of a few things wrong with modern day Christianity, and I don't find them particularly funny either, despite being an Agnostic.
In fact I find the whole thing about the Crusades to be very offensive. To The Glory of God, eh what. But whose God? Christ alone knows what they thought they were doing. And I very much doubt that Christ would have agreed with it. But then they all forget the teachings of Christ and of Muhammed, neither of whom ever claimed to be God.

I am always fascinated by the way they fail to grasp that Jesus is revered in Islam, too, and that Muslims were are entitled to be outraged at the Life of Brian as Christians.

Happily, Christianity appears to have survived Monty Python unscathed...

I reckon the Celtic Church is the best. Very learned, non-celibate and doesn't hate women, with odd bits left over from Druids and Picts popping up.

Yer, well, I am a Celt from all sides, so bound to be more likely to believe in Ancient Gods. And they all nicked their beliefs from the beginnings of time anyway. From The Solcists and The Seasons. From when life was hard and Christmas was just a Fete to get them through the rest of Winter. The Spring and The Harvest. And another year of what is essentially a pointless existence of the regeneration of The Human Race. Or The Dog Race. Take your pick. I got born. An accident for which I am inordinately grateful. I would never have chosen to miss my frightfully interesting life, or the births of my ghastly children. Although I might think twice about the latter given the opportunity. Poor little sods. Having an eccentric mother must have been hard. But they are all chips off the same block. And I have done my bit, albeit inadvertently. The Mitchells go on.

Nowadays I spend my free time looking at the Moon. Now that is really fascinating.
But in the end, Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust. Eternal Life? Probably not, but always a good idea to keep your options open.

Anti-Islam Film: Bounty Offered For Maker
Pakistan's railway minister invites the Taliban and al Qaeda to help kill the maker of a film that has sparked widepread protests.

A Pakistani government minister has put a $100,000 price on the head of the man who made a film mocking Islam, which has sparked protests around the world.

Railways minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour told reporters in the northwestern city of Peshawar: "I announce today that this blasphemer who has abused the holy prophet, if somebody will kill him, I will give that person a prize of $100,000.

"I also invite Taliban and al Qaeda brothers to be partners in this noble deed.

"I also announce that if the government hands this person over to me, my heart says I will finish him with my own hands and then they can hang me."

More at:

http://news.sky.com/story/988358/anti-islam-film-bounty-offered-for-maker

I can't imagine the British transport minister declaring a fatwa, somehow....

I don't know. Patrick McLoughlin, was the miner who Thatcher loved. He was probably the only miner who supported her while still working as a miner. So he has a wicked streak in him. Maybe he could start a catholic fatwah?