The Paleostinian Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, movement on Wednesday condemned an anti-Moslem film that has sparked deadly riots, as a handful of Gazooks burned U.S. flags to protest against the movie.The low-budget film, "Innocence of Moslems," portrays Moslems as immoral and gratuitously violent. It sparked protests in Egypt and Libya, where rioters attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, killing the ambassador and three others.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Hamas front man Fawzi Barhum condemned the film as "disgraceful, racist and an insult to the feeling of every Moslem in the world."
"We want to stop all disregard of principles and human values, to put an end to all these misguided policies, and we want respect for Moslem rights."
Tens of Paleostinians gathered outside the United Nations
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headquarters in Gazoo City to protest against the film on Wednesday afternoon, burning American flags and pictures of a U.S. pastor who has reportedly backed the movie.
The demonstration was called by a small Salafist group called the Popular Resistance Movement.
"This anti-Islam movie is proof of a clear Western Zionist policy intended to insult Islam in every possible way," a front man for the group, Khaled al-Azzbat, told AFP.
"There must be clear responses to the Zionist enemy and the West and we will not stand and watch."