Grand Mufti of Egypt says Muslims must show patience and wisdom over film anger

Описание: (27 Sep 2012) STORYLINE:
Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa on Thursday denounced the attacks on US missions and the killing of the US ambassador in Libya which followed the posting of an anti-Islam film on YouTube and urged calm.
The film "Innocence of Muslims," which denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad, sparked protests, sometimes violent, throughout the Muslim world.
"I have called Muslims to protest in a civilised way," Gomaa said in an interview with the Associated Press.
"We are all against violence, against killing and we send our condolences for the death of the American Ambassador in Libya - we do not accept that at all."
Gomaa said Muslims have found a "good way" to protest in the past and should stick to non-violent protests.
"(The good way) is to march in a peaceful demonstration, sit together, pray to the prophet and cry to show to the world the injustice that they are facing," he said.
The Grand Mufti also called for the world leaders meeting at the United Nations to eliminate both nuclear weapons and hatred from the world in order to build a better future.
"The message that I would like to send to the chiefs at the United Nations assembly is to be swift in building a new future with a lot of hope and good work. You should eliminate nuclear weapon from this promising future and to eliminate hatred in order to build a new future build on love," Gomaa said.
The Mufti's words come at a time when tensions are high, following the publication of an excerpt of Innocence of Muslims and offensive cartoons printed in French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The Grand Mufti is a Muslim country's highest official within Islamic law.


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