Indonesia urges calm ahead of expected protests over anti-Islam film

Indonesia urges calm ahead of expected protests over anti-Islam film

PanARMENIAN.Net - Indonesian leaders and a prominent cleric have urged calm in the world's largest Muslim majority nation ahead of expected protests over an anti-Islam film that has sparked anger among followers, The Associated Press reported.

Jakarta police spokesman Col. Rikwanto says the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta did not request any increased security, but 250 riot police have been put on alert.

The embassy issued an e-mail to American citizens saying a demonstration with an estimated 300 people was expected after Friday prayers.

The film "Innocence of Muslims" ridicules the religion and depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman.

It has prompted violent protests at U.S. Embassies in the Middle East, resulting in the death of the American ambassador and three other staff in Libya.

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