Muslim organisations demand action against producers of "Innocence of Muslims"

Various Muslim organisations in Nepal have demanded action against the producers of a youtube video "Innocence of Muslims" that has sparked worldwide protest for spreading anti-Islamic message.

Organising a press press conference in Kathmandu on Sunday, 16 Muslim organisations jointly urged Nepal government to take initiation to take action against the filmmakers.

Islamic Association Nepal chairman Gulam Rasul Miya said that they would take out a peaceful rally and submit memorandum to Kathmandu-based US embassy on Monday requesting the embassy to take initiation to bring the video producers to book for defaming Muslim community.

Riots have been breaking out in various counties in protest of the cheaply-made film by a real estate developer who claims to be Israeli.

Violent demonstrations in Libya and Egypt have left four Americans, including the Ambassador to Libya, dead.

A well-respected diplomat who recently returned to Benghazi, Christopher Stevens was killed by an angry mob that blasted rocket-propelled grenades at the US Embassy in the Libyan capital. nepalnews.com