INDONESIA: Indonesian police disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta against a film they say insults the Prophet Mohammad

Record ID: 702337

  • Title: INDONESIA: Indonesian police disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta against a film they say insults the Prophet Mohammad
  • Date: 17th September 2012
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 17, 2012) (REUTERS) POLICE BLOCKADE IN FRONT OF U.S. EMBASSY AT JAKARTA UNITED STATES FLAG VARIOUS POLICE BLOCKADE WITH SHIELD VARIOUS BURNING WATER HOSE IN FRONT OF POLICE BLOCKADE TWO POLICE OFFICERS WATCHING BEHIND BARBED WIRE PROTESTERS PROTESTERS IN LINE UP AGAINST POLICE (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) A PROTESTER, SON HADI SAYING: "We demand United States of America who has given freedom to the insulter and abuser of Prophet Muhammad (take action), because it is very offensive to Muslims." PROTESTERS THROWING STONE TO POLICE POLICE TAKE COVER WITH SHIELD POLICE FIRING TEARGAS PROTESTERS LEAVING POLICE RETREAT POLICE TAKE OUT THEIR KIT AND GET READY TO LEAVE AFTER PROTESTERS LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 2nd October 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Politics,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVAC1F0LHWXRK3G4U4NQDUNJKAO0
  • Story Text: Indonesian police used teargas and water cannon on Monday (September 17) to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who massed outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta to protest against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad.
    One policeman was injured by stones thrown by protesters and a handful of demonstrators were detained, television pictures broadcast live from the scene showed.
    Western embassies across the Muslim world are on high alert and the United States has urged vigilance after days of anti-American violence provoked by the film.
    The video made in California and posted online portrayed the Prophet Mohammad as a womaniser and a fool.
    "It is very offensive to Muslims," Son Hadi, a protester, said to journalists after protesters clash with police.
    The U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans were killed in Benghazi, Libya, last Tuesday and several other people have died in protests around the Muslim world against the video.
    The identity of those directly responsible for the film is still murky.
    Indonesia, a secular state, is the world's fourth largest country by population and has the largest population of Muslims. It also has significant minorities of Hindus, Buddhists and Christians.
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