Sudan's Turabi 'Ashamed' of Anti-Film Protests

18 September 2012

Khartoum — Veteran Sudanese Islamist and opposition leader, Hassan Al-Turabi, has expressed strong disapproval of the protests that have been gripping the Muslim world over an anti-prophet film made in the U.S., saying he feels "ashamed" of the demonstrators whom he described as "ignorant laymen"

Addressing a symposium held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday to discuss the situation of women in the country, the leader of the Islamist opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) stated that his shame stems from the randomness that characterized the protests, referring to the fact that the demonstrations against the film in Khartoum also targeted the German and British embassies.

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