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22 September 2012 Last updated at 16:25 GMT
Anti-Islam film: Pakistan minister offers bounty
A Pakistani government minister has offered a $100,000 reward for the death of
the maker of an anti-Islam film produced in the US.
Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour told the Associated Press (AP) that he
would pay the reward for the "sacred duty" out of his own pocket.
He suggested the Taliban and al-Qaeda would be eligible for the reward.
His comments came a day after at least 20 people died in clashes between
anti-film protesters and police.
The violence occurred in cities throughout the country, with Karachi and
Peshawar among the worst hit.
The film, denigrating Islam's Prophet Muhammad, has sparked violent protests
throughout the Muslim world in recent weeks.
Scores of people were reported to have been injured on Saturday in a clash in
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka between police and hundreds of demonstrators.
AP reports that police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse
stone-throwing protesters who set several vehicles alight.
In Pakistan itself, a peaceful demonstration was held in Islamabad. Protesters
marched through Islamabad's streets and then gathered near Parliament, chanting
slogans against the filmmaker and demanding punishment.
And in Nigeria, tens of thousands of Muslims marched in the northern city of
Kano in a protest that passed of peacefully.
Marchers shouted "death to America, death to Israel and death to the enemies of
Islam" in a procession several kilometres long. US and Israeli flags were
dragged through the dirt.
In hiding
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 Nakoula, is
in hiding.
Anti-US sentiment grew after a trailer for the film dubbed into Arabic was
released on YouTube earlier this month.
US citizens have been urged not to travel to Pakistan and the US embassy has
paid for adverts on Pakistani TV showing President Barack Obama and Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton condemning the film.
Although US targets have borne the brunt of protests against the film,
anti-Western sentiment has been stoked further by caricatures of the Prophet
Muhammad published this week in the satirical French magazine, Charlie Hebdo.
France shut embassies and other missions in about 20 countries across the
Muslim world on Friday.
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