Pinoy Muslims burn US, Israeli flags over film

[lastlid]

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/re...lags-over-film

[Terpe]

By those same laws, though he could always make a public statement that he thought the film was creatively flawed, poorly made and a disgraceful and despicable work that should be boycotted, and that he regrets the effect it has on his country.

Couldn't he?

[andy222]

I thought the philippine authorities would have stepped in to break the protest up being as there is a big american influence there. Its a ticking time bomb with these muslims. Anything for a riot.