Thousands of Sri Lankan Muslims have protested an American-made film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad, demanding the U.S. ban it and punish its creators.
More than 5,000 protesters blocked traffic as they marched on a main road Monday in the capital, Colombo, carrying signs and banners that read “USA ban the film on YouTube,” “Punishment for those involved,” and “Our hearts are wounded and chests full of anger.”
Protest organiser Kamil Hussain urged the U.S. to ban the film, Innocence of Muslims, and remove it from YouTube, saying “insulting a religious leader is not freedom of speech.”
Protesters also displayed banners that called for boycotting American brands such as Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.
American leaders have denounced the film, but U.S. free speech rights mean it’s not a crime there.
Keywords: anti-Islam film, controversial movie, anti-Islam film, religious sensitivity, Innocence of Muslims
I was in the protest today. We didn't block the roads, We took only one lane to travel out of three lanes on the road. we didn't brake anything, we didn't say anything about Coca cola or about McDonald.
And mostly we didn't throw any litter on the road, everyone picked them up.
Just because we rallied in one point as a group in pictures, it doesn't mean that we blocked the roads.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,
AND I WAS ONE OF THE PROTESTORS which i can know what happened live.
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