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U.S. Closes Several Diplomatic Facilities in Preparation for More Violent Protests
I don’t get it. Why would the U.S. government be so worried about Friday? Don’t they know that Friday is the Muslim day of prayer, and that, since Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance, Muslims are bound to be more peaceful and tolerant on Fridays?
(CNN) — Several diplomatic facilities were shuttered Friday as many braced for intensified protests over the anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims,” as well as recently published cartoons in a French publication of a figure resembling the Prophet Mohammed.
Demonstrations have raged for days as many in the Muslim world are angry about the U.S.-made film that mocks Mohammed and about the French cartoon. And some believe that Friday prayers, a time of protest recently in the Middle East and North Africa, could add fuel to the fire. (Continue Reading.)
2012-09-21 23:40:12
Source: http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2012/09/us-shuts-several-diplomatic-facilities.html
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