Hezbollah Threatens Fresh Protests over Anti-Muslim Film

An image grab taken from Lebanon's Hezbollah-run Manar TV shows Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech

Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah has called for fresh protests in the country on Monday over a film considered offensive to Muslims.

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has declared that the world needs to know Muslims "would not be silent in the face of this insult."

Sheikh Nasrallah further called for demonstrations on several days over the coming week.

"Those who should be held accountable, punished, prosecuted and boycotted are those directly responsible for this film and those who stand behind them and those who support and protect them, primarily the United States of America," he said in a speech broadcast on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, as cited by BBC.

"We should not only express our anger at an American embassy here or there. We should tell our rulers in the Arab and Muslim world that it is 'your responsibility in the first place' and since you officially represent the governments and states of the Muslim world you should impose on the United States, Europe and the whole world that our prophet, our Quran and our holy places and honor of our Prophet be respected."

The film, which portrays Prophet Muhammad as a religious cheat and a womanizer, has sparked violent protests in many Muslim countries in recent days, including one in Libya in which the US ambassador was killed.

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