Latin America

Brazilian Muslims, Christians and Jews condemn anti-Islam film

Hundreds of Brazilians have held a demonstration in Sao Paulo to condemn a recent film that disrespected Islam and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Anti-US demonstrations, which began on September 11 over the blasphemous movie, which was made in the US, continued on Friday with protesters chanting slogans against Washington, marching on US embassies and torching US flags.

On Friday, about 500 people including Muslims, Catholic Christians and Jews congregated near Sao Paulo’s Shia mosque and marched peacefully towards a nearby church holding placards and chanting anti-US slogans.

Bilal Juma, the president of Brazil’s Islamic Association, said people from all religions participated in Friday’s demonstration.

“We are Muslims, Catholics and Jews who came together to say no to those who insult prophets. We came here to defend all prophets and religions,” Juma said.

Hassan Gharib, the organizer of the protest march, said Muslims and Christians should treat each other as brothers.

He stated that the anti-Islam movie was produced “to incite a dispute between Muslims and Christians” but this will not happen since “the Muslims and the Christians are brothers; we come from the same source.”
Muslims in Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Morocco, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Nigeria, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Australia, Britain, the United States, France, Belgium, and several other countries have held many demonstrations to condemn the blasphemous movie over the past week. Protests were also held in Kashmir and the Gaza Strip.

Back to top button