The UK and German embassies came under attack in Sudan Friday as unrest around the Muslim world continued to escalate over a US-made film mocking the Prophet Mohammed. The USA has put its embassies and consulates worldwide on high alert.
Anti-US protests by crowds whipped into fury by a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Mohammed erupted across the Arab world on Friday, leading to an explosion of violence in Sudan, Yemen and Lebanon.
The protests came after Muslims emerged from mosques in their thousands following the weekly Friday main prayers to voice their anger at the film, which shows the prophet sleeping with women, talking about killing children and referring to a donkey as "the first Muslim animal."
In Khartoum, around 5,000 protesters stormed the embassies of Britain and Germany, which was torched and badly damaged, an AFP reporter said.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters as several of them scaled the roof of the German embassy and others attacked its facade and tore down the flag to replace it with a black Islamist one, the reporter said.
EU-Digest: Freedom of Speech/Expression is a two way street. On the one hand it gives you the freedom to say and write what you believe in. On the other hand it also provides you the liberty to condemn or protest against what others say. Freedom of Speech, however, leading to violence, and vandalism by radical groups resulting in death and destruction must be strongly condemned and considered criminal acts.
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