Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand by a burning police van during protests organized by Pakistani Shiite Muslims.

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    On the eleventh anniversary of the 9-11 attacks we were reminded once again that our work isn’t yet done. On September 11, Muslims gathered outside the US Embassy in Libya to protest a new film produced by an American citizen that criticizes their prophet. During the protest an extremist launched a rocket at the embassy killing four American diplomats. Including US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.

    Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, told Fox News earlier this month, “This was not a pre-planned, pre-meditated attack. People gathered outside the embassy and then it grew very violent. People with extremist ties joined the fray and came with heavy weapons—which, unfortunately, are quite common in post-revolutionary Libya—and that then spun out of control.”

    Soon after the attack, as the film became more popular, the protests spread throughout the middle east. The first week of the protests continued outside embassies all over the middle east, some getting extremely violent and having to be broken up with tear gas and others being relatively peaceful.

    The second week of the protests things escalated. On September 17 a terrorist organization known by the name of Hezbollah ordered muslims to take to the streets of Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Lebanon to chant anti-American slogans.

    In Islamic culture Muslims are not allowed to portray what their prophet looks like, it is considered very offensive. The film that has sparked all this controversy and led to the deaths of multiple Americans not only depicts what the prophet looks like but also makes a mockery of Islam.

  

Andrew DuBois

Staff Writer