Pakistani lawmakers pass resolution against anti-Islam film

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Pakistani lawmakers have passed a condemnation resolution over a US-made anti-Islam film as the countrywide protests against the United States rages on in the South Asian country.Legislators in Balochistan Assembly in southwestern Pakistan adopted a resolution to denounce the blasphemous film, which has sparked a wave of outrage across the Muslim world.Moreover, the lawmakers demanded the United Nations to ensure respect for religion and Prophet through legislation.Pakistani lawmakers have passed a resolution condemning a US-made anti-Islam film as the countrywide protests against the United States rages on in the South Asian country.On Saturday, legislators in Balochistan Assembly in southwestern Pakistan adopted the resolution to denounce the blasphemous film, which has sparked a wave of outrage across the Muslim world.Moreover, the lawmakers demanded the United Nations ensure respect for Islam and Prophet Mohammad through legislation.The Muslim world has been boiling with anti-Western sentiments over the past week over the blasphemous film entitled Innocence of Muslims that insults Islam’s holiest figure Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and attempts to depict Islam as an oppressive religion.Meanwhile, the flames of Muslims’ wrath were fanned after French weekly Charlie Hebdo published provocative cartoons of the Prophet on September 19.At least 23 Pakistanis have been killed during protest rallies against the US-made film and sacrilegious cartoons of the Prophet.Clashes broke out between enraged protesters and security forces in at least five Pakistani cities on Friday, with police firing tear gas and live rounds to disperse the crowds.In the capital Islamabad, protesters marched towards the capital’s diplomatic headquarters, demanding the expulsion of the US and French ambassadors to the country.Thousands more marched on US consulates in the cities of Lahore and Karachi on Friday. /129