Tag: Film

Google’s Schmidt defends hosting of anti-Islam film

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt defended Thursday YouTube’s hosting of an anti-Islam film that sparked violent global protests, saying the answer to “bad speech...

DPC to hold ‘long march’ against blasphemous film on Oct 1

The Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) has announced to march from Peshawar to Jamrud on October 1 (Monday) in protest against the blasphemous anti-Islam movie. According...

Muslim leaders challenge Obama defense on anti-Islam film

Muslim leaders demanded international action to stop religious insults in a challenge to US President Barack Obama’s defense of freedom of expression at the...

US slams Bilour’s bounty

The United States on Sunday condemned a Ghulam Ahmad Bilour's offer of a bounty to kill the maker of an anti-Islam film that has...

Protests continue against blasphemous film

Protests against the blasphemous anti-Islam film continued in Lahore on Sunday, as several religious groups took out rallies to condemn the hate film produced...

Govt disowns bounty on head of anti-Islam film’s maker

The government on Sunday disowned a bounty announced by a cabinet minister on the head of the producer of anti-Islam movie. Shafqat Jail, spokesman for...

Hate film conspiracy to damage global peace, harmony: Qadri

The Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran International Chief Patron Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said Saturday that the blasphemous film is not only a step to hurt the sentiments...

Film festival concludes after enthralling over 8,000 children

The Fourth Lahore International Children Films Festival concluded after six days on Saturday Three morning shows and two evenings’ shows were orgainsed for the...

Protests against film; 25 persons arrested for damaging properties

Taking action against the miscreants, Rawalpindi police have taken 25 persons under custody for damaging private and government properties in the protests against the...

President Zardari will raise blasphemous film issue at UNGA: Khosa

Punjab Governor Latif Khan Khosa has said the blasphemous film made by an American has hurt sentiments of the Muslims all over the world. Talking...

US embassy in India shuts due to risk of protests

The United States embassy in New Delhi was shut on Friday and employees were asked to stay on the compound due to the risk...

Hoagland summoned to Foreign Office over anti-Islam film

The US Chargé D'Affaires Ambassador Richard Hoagland was summoned Friday by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a strong protest was lodged with him over...

Youm-e-Ishq Rasool (PBUH) being observed across Pakistan

Youm-e-Ishq Rasool (PBUH) is being observed across the country Friday as per announcement of the government in response to a US-made film deemed insulting...

Can we?

The best way to protest against that American lunatic, who is being constantly supported by the USA and the West under the garb of...

Who is responsible?

The West, the Muslims and the freedom of speech The dichotomy of freedom of expression and free speech in the modern world has ironically been...

Film protests were extremism, says Australian PM

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday called on immigrants to learn English and respect women as she condemned protests against an anti-Islam film...

US judge rejects call to ban YouTube anti-Muslim film

A US judge rejected Thursday a request by an actress in the anti-Islamic video that set off violent Muslim protests to ban YouTube from...