Anti-Islam movie row: PM asked to lodge protest with US

Ajmer, Sep 16: The

religious head on Sep 15 asked Prime Minister

to lodge a strong protest with the United States in connection with a movie deemed offensive to Islam.

In a statement here, Syed Zainual Abedin Ali Khan, Dewan of the Dargah of revered Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti, appealed to community members to maintain peace and harmony in line with Islamic values and traditions.

The Prime Minister should lodge a strong protest with the US for allowing its soil in making of an anti-Islamic movie intending to hurt sentiments of Muslim across the globe, he said.

“The Muslim world is deeply saddened by the content of this movie deliberately circulated on social networking sites,” he said. “The series of protests and demonstrations across the globe sends a loud and clear message that defaming Islam will not be tolerated and accepted,” he said.

PTI