Senior Pakistani politician denounces U.S. defamatory film

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Senior Pakistani politician and former information minister on Saturday condemned the airing of a U.S.-made defamatory video clip to malign the personality of Muslim Prophet Mohamma (PBUH).Chief of Awami Muslim League, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that the act has sparked anger against West in the whole Muslim world.A 14-minute trailer for the video titled “Innocence of Muslims,” was uploaded on the internet depicting Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a derogatory manner.Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that ‘may be prophets are not given respect in western societies but for us it is a very sensitive matter.’He said that may be it could be a conspiracy against Muslims but those involved in the criminal act must be brought to justice.“This move has hurt the sentiments of Muslims throughout the world,” he said.The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message to Iran and Muslim Ummah has also condemned the recent sacrilege move by releasing an anti-Islam movie by an Israeli-American filmmaker in the US.Ayatollah Khamenei said that the prime suspects in such a criminal act of insulting Islam’s great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) are the Zionist regime and the US government who have financially sponsored it and they should be brought to justice.“I agree with the statement of Supreme Leader,” said Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed while expressing his views over the remarks.The politician was of the view that such moves by the West could place the world in a dangerous situation. /129