Reactions to Innocence of Muslims
| Reactions to Innocence of Muslims | |
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Thousands of protesters march towards the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur in protest at the film
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| Date | September 11, 2012 – September 29, 2012 |
| Location | Worldwide |
| Causes | Innocence of Muslims |
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| Deaths and injuries | |
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Over 50 deaths
At least 694-695 injured
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| Love Our Prophet Day | |
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| Observed by |
 Pakistan
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| Type | National |
| Date | September 21, 2012 |
| Related to | 2012 diplomatic missions attacks |
| 2012 Pakistani protests and riots | |
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| Location | Pakistan |
| Date | August 14, 2012-September 2012 |
| Target | Embassy of the United States, Islamabad, US Consulates in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar |
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Attack type
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rioting, arson, armed assault |
| Deaths | 23 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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229 |
| Perpetrators | Various |
On September 13, protests occurred at the U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, resulting in the deaths of four protesters and injuries to thirty-five protesters and guards. On September 14, the U.S. consulate in Chennai was attacked, resulting in injuries to twenty-five protesters. Protesters in Tunis, Tunisia, climbed the U.S. embassy walls and set trees on fire. At least four people were killed and forty-six injured during protests in Tunis on September 15. Further protests were held at U.S. diplomatic missions and other locations in the days following the initial attacks. Related protests and attacks resulted in numerous deaths and injuries across the Middle East, Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The late 20th and early 21st centuries have seen several major incidents of the Islamic world taking offence at pictorial or written representation of Muhammad and his teachings. In practice people have been brought to trial, killed or had a fatwa called on them for a wide range of acts that have been cited as blasphemous, including depicting Mohammad either in writing or in some other manner that was perceived as insulting.
A trailer for a movie called Innocence of Muslims, described by Reuters as depicting the Islamic prophet, Muhammad "as a fool, a philanderer and a religious fake" and showed him having sex, was uploaded to YouTube in early July, 2012, and an Arabic-dubbed version uploaded to YouTube on September 4, 2012.NBC News described the trailer as depicting Muhammad "as a womanizer, a homosexual and a child abuser." The film was supported by the U.S. pastor Terry Jones, who had previously angered Muslims by announcing plans to burn the Quran publicly. Reuters cited the broadcast of an excerpt of the trailer on Egyptian TV network Al-Nas on September 8, on a show hosted by Sheikh Khalad Abdalla, as "the flashpoint for the unrest." Prior to the 2011 revolution, Egyptian authorities periodically suspended al-Nas for "promoting religious or sectarian hatred."
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