PAKISTAN MINISTER OFFER $100,000 BOUNTY ON ANTI-ISLAM FILMMAKER

A Pakistani Minister offered $100,000 (£61,600) on Saturday for the death of an online filmmaker, who created the anti-Islam film which has caused widespread protests across parts of the Muslim world. Pakistani Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour told a news conference.

The bounty offer came only a day after more than 20 people died in clashes with police in different cities in Pakistan. Scores of people were also injured on Saturday in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka following outbreaks of fighting.

 

The United States produced film, which has caused the controversy, denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad. In response to Ahmad Bilour's bounty offering, Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's spokesman Shafqats Jalil told the BBC that the Government "absolutely disassociated" itself from his comments.

Dozens have died in clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan and countries such as Tunisia and Sudan.

Sunday saw a fresh round of protests over the film in Pakistan, Nigeria, Greece and Turkey.

Most passed off peacefully, but in the Greek capital Athens, riot police and demonstrators clashed. Six people were arrested.

A state department official told the BBC: "The president and secretary of state have both said the video at the core of this is offensive, disgusting, and reprehensible - but that is no justification for violence, and it is important for responsible leaders to stand up and speak out against violence.

"Therefore we find Mr Bilour's announcement is inflammatory and inappropriate. We note that the prime minister's office has dissociated itself from his comments."

The exact origins of Innocence of Muslims, the low-budget film that has prompted the unrest, are unclear. 

The alleged producer of the trailer of the film, Nakoula Basseley (above photo)

Source: Agency
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