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Protests Sweep Muslim World against Trump's Jerusalem Move
[AnNahar] Tens of thousands of people erupted into the streets of Moslem and Arab countries across the world Friday to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in a show of solidarity with the Paleostinians. Demonstrators at the protests which followed the weekly prayers in mosques vented their anger at the unilateral decision which has sparked widespread international criticism. In the Paleostinian territories at least one Paleostinian was killed in festivities with Israeli troops. Trump's announcement on Wednesday prompted an almost universal diplomatic backlash, including warnings from ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , the European Union  ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...and Russia over the risks of fresh violence in the Middle East. "Jerusalem is the capital of Paleostine," chanted crowds in Jordan, one of only two Arab states to have made peace with Israel, where an estimated 20,000 people poured into the streets of Amman and other cities, AFP correspondents said. They carried banners reading "Go to Hell!," directed at Israel and the United States, and set ablaze the two countries' flags. Hundreds of demonstrators, circled by anti-riot police, also gathered outside al-Azhar mosque in the capital of Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state. "We will sacrifice our soul, our blood for you, al-Aqsa," they pledged, referring to the mosque compound in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem that is the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... - War-torn countries - Thousands of Lebanese and Paleostinians demonstrated in Leb and its refugee camps, while similar joint protests were staged in Syria despite the country's brutal war. In another war-torn country, thousands of Yemeni rebel supporters rallied in Sanaa under the banner "Jerusalem is the capital of Paleostine". "This case belongs to all Moslems and no one has the right to sell it out," Mohammed Ali al-Huthi, a Huthi rebel leader, shouted to the crowd. "Jerusalem is ours and Jerusalem belongs to the Arabs," hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators chanted in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, where Israeli and American flags were also torched. "Death to America! Death to Israel!" was the rallying cry as thousands demonstrated in Tehran and other Iranian cities. Several banners read: "We will stand tall until the destruction of Israel." Thousands of pro-Paleostinian supporters marched after prayers at the Ottoman Fatih mosque in the center of Istanbul. "We consider Jerusalem as the bastion of the Moslem community ... We are here to show our unity and our strength," said protester Doguhan, 17. - Protests in Asia - In Asia, thousands of protesters demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy in Malaysia, condemning Trump's decision as a "slap in the face" for Moslems worldwide. They carried banners that read: "Hands off Jerusalem" and "Down USA President Trump". In neighboring Indonesia, the world's most populous Moslem-majority country, several hundred people demonstrated outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, unfurling a large Paleostinian flag. In Afghanistan, more than 1,000 protesters hit the streets after Friday prayers in Kabul. They burnt effigies of Trump as well as American and Israeli flags. A few dozen tried to reach the heavily-barricaded U.S. embassy, but were pushed back by local security forces. Around 2,500 demonstrators also protested in the western city of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... , an AFP correspondent reported. Hundreds erupted into the streets in Pakistain, including in the capital Islamabad. The protesters chanted "Death to Trump" and "Trump is mad." Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-09 |
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