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17th September 2012, 20:28
MARAWI CITY, Philippines - "About 3,000 Filipino Muslims burned US and Israeli flags in a protest on Monday over an American anti-Islam film that has sparked unrest worldwide.
The protesters in the southern city of Marawi gathered in a public square to express their anger at the movie, stamping on huge American and Israeli flags that they then set on fire.
The protesters carried placards saying, "Americans are satanic" and "Israeli Jews... enemy of Muslim Ummah (community)" in the Muslim-majority city with some protesters calling on President Benigno Aquino to ban the film.
However, there were no untoward incidents during the rally.
Meanwhile, Aquino told reporters he did not have the power to ban the low-budget US film that has sparked fury across the Islamic world.
"Don't forget in our constitution, we have freedom of expression and we are not allowed to have laws limiting freedom of speech," he said."
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/09/17/12/pinoy-muslims-burn-us-israeli-flags-over-film
The protesters in the southern city of Marawi gathered in a public square to express their anger at the movie, stamping on huge American and Israeli flags that they then set on fire.
The protesters carried placards saying, "Americans are satanic" and "Israeli Jews... enemy of Muslim Ummah (community)" in the Muslim-majority city with some protesters calling on President Benigno Aquino to ban the film.
However, there were no untoward incidents during the rally.
Meanwhile, Aquino told reporters he did not have the power to ban the low-budget US film that has sparked fury across the Islamic world.
"Don't forget in our constitution, we have freedom of expression and we are not allowed to have laws limiting freedom of speech," he said."
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/09/17/12/pinoy-muslims-burn-us-israeli-flags-over-film