Three Killed as Embassy Protests Shake Sudan

September 14, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Protesters have staged rallies outside Western embassies across the Middle East and North Africa in response to an anti-Muslim film produced in the US. In Sudan, at least three people were killed as protesters attacked the German, British, and US embassies. A mob also managed to break into the German mission. Al Jazeera's Harriet Martin reports from Khartoum.

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2012 US diplomatic missions attacks

On September 11, 2012, the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were attacked during protests over media excerpts of a trailer for a purported film titled Innocence of Muslims, which was considered by the attackers to be blasphemous against the ... Explore this topic

Khartoum

Khartoum is the capital and second largest city of the Republic of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as th... Explore this topic

Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan and sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa and the Middle East bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Repu... Explore this topic

Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe. The country consists of 16 states, and its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres and has a largely temperate se... Explore this topic

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Islamophobia

Islamophobia is prejudice against, hatred towards, or irrational fear of Muslims. In 1997, the British Runnymede Trust defined Islamophobia as the "dread or hatred of Islam and therefore, [the] fear and dislike of all Muslims," stating that it also refers to the practice of di... Explore this topic

Innocence of Muslims

Innocence of Muslims is reportedly a 2012 anti-Muslim film about the Prophet Muhammad, the trailers for which triggered the September 11, 2012 storming of the United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and a rocket attack on an embassy personnel car of the United States Consulate ... Explore this topic

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom and Britain, is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of... Explore this topic

Guido Westerwelle

Guido Westerwelle is a German politician, who, since 28 October 2009, has served as the Foreign Minister in the second cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and was Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011. He is the first openly gay person to hold either of those positions.... Explore this topic

Friday prayers

Jumu'ah is a congregational prayer that Muslims hold every Friday, just after noon in the place of dhuhr. Muslims pray ordinarily five times each day according to the sun's sky path regardless of clock time. It is mentioned in the Qur'an as: The jumuʿah prayer is half the ẓuh... Explore this topic

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