(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Lebanese have staged an anti-US rally in the southern city of Tyre to express their anger over a sacrilegious movie insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Shouting slogans against Israel and US, thousands of Lebanese took to the streets in Tyre on Wednesday to protest against the film produced in the US.
The rally was organized by Hezbollah resistance movement. On Sunday, Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah called for a week of anti-US protests across Lebanon over the film, which he described as "the worst attack ever on Islam".
Lebanese have held several anti-US protests since the release of the trailer of the anti-Islam film last week. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets in Beirut to protest against the insulting movie. Nasrallah also attended the anti-US demonstration and gave a speech.
Meanwhile, unknown gunmen have opened fire on a KFC restaurant in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, days after another one was torched in protest over an anti-Islam film produced in the US.
No one was injured in the Wednesday attack since the US chain's restaurant was not open when the shooting occurred. The first KFC restaurant was attacked and set on fire in Tripoli on Friday in response to the anti-Islam movie.
The movie has sparked anti-US protests across the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan Yemen, Indonesia, Sudan, Egypt and many other countries.
Angry protesters have also attacked US embassies in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Sudan, torching the US flags. Following the attacks, Washington evacuated most of its diplomatic staff from Libya to Germany and closed its Yemen embassy.
The US missions are on high alert across the Muslim world as anger grows over the insulting movie.
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Shouting slogans against Israel and US, thousands of Lebanese took to the streets in Tyre on Wednesday to protest against the film produced in the US.
The rally was organized by Hezbollah resistance movement. On Sunday, Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah called for a week of anti-US protests across Lebanon over the film, which he described as "the worst attack ever on Islam".
Lebanese have held several anti-US protests since the release of the trailer of the anti-Islam film last week. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets in Beirut to protest against the insulting movie. Nasrallah also attended the anti-US demonstration and gave a speech.
Meanwhile, unknown gunmen have opened fire on a KFC restaurant in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, days after another one was torched in protest over an anti-Islam film produced in the US.
No one was injured in the Wednesday attack since the US chain's restaurant was not open when the shooting occurred. The first KFC restaurant was attacked and set on fire in Tripoli on Friday in response to the anti-Islam movie.
The movie has sparked anti-US protests across the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan Yemen, Indonesia, Sudan, Egypt and many other countries.
Angry protesters have also attacked US embassies in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Sudan, torching the US flags. Following the attacks, Washington evacuated most of its diplomatic staff from Libya to Germany and closed its Yemen embassy.
The US missions are on high alert across the Muslim world as anger grows over the insulting movie.
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