Syrians bewildered as embassy protests spread

Sep 14

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Syrians bewildered as embassy protests spread

Netizens vent frustration at huge attention paid to anti-Islam video.

Tunisian protesters burn the U.S. flag during a demonstration outside the U.S. embassy in Tunis September 12, 2012. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

As violent protests over an anti-Islam video spread across the Muslim world, Syrians online increasingly expressed their bewilderment and frustration over what they believed was a lack of similar outrage over Syria.

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View the story "Syrians bewildered as embassy protests spread" on StorifySyrians bewildered as embassy protests spreadNetizens express their frustration at the huge attention paid to an anti-Muslim video. Storified by The Stream · Fri, Sep 14 2012 10:25:47undefinedTwimgI am in no way condoning the attack on the US embassy. But it seems there is more uproar over that than the ~33,000 martyrs in #Syria. :/Abdullah AldahhanHey Arabs,while ure at it cld u plz demand kicking Syrian ambassadors out of ur countries? Syrian regime has been mocking Islam for a while!إيديتوراية المُندسّةSyrians are asking to produce an anti-Islam movie in Syria so Muslims in world capitals can pay attention to their dilemma #SyriaJad BanthaA parody account for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad tweeted cynically about the amount of attention the film's producers received. Wow! Good thing I just bombed mosques, killed women and children and I didn't make an anti-Muslim video! People would be after me!!#syriaBashar Al-AssadSome commented on what they called far greater offences to Islam committed in Syria, including the bombing of mosques and the killing of civilians. Dear Muslims. Our Prophet would be far more offended by daily murders of Syrians by Assad than any disrespectful film.Hussam Ayloush"We have films being released daily here in #Syria offensive to the Prophet (PBUH) + Allah. So where are the muslims?" http://pic.twitter.com/9Dja9IGeLinaSalafis "defend" #Islam by murdering over the stupidest film clip in history, while Muslims are slaughtered, raped and starved in #Syria.Raquel E SaraswatiA few Twitter users tried to bring attention to the death toll in Syria, which regularly tops 250 people a day, but receives far less media coverage than the far fewer deaths linked to the protests.Perspective, world: 6 deaths world-wide in three days of protests against movie. 81 deaths in Syria SO FAR today. Perspective!Nuff SilenceUnbelievable: More Syrians died in August than in the most violent month of the entire Iraq war. (via @AzmatZahra) http://pic.twitter.com/rXatQHSNTom GaraMany online concurred that the production of a video paled in comparison to other social and economic issues facing Muslims, both in the United States and Asia, as well as in the countries with ongoing protests. Dear Muslims, there is a bad movie being recorded abt the prophet next 2 u in #Palestine 4 64 years. u thinking of doing anythng abt it?!Farea Al-muslimiTired of seeing 'omg you protest against a film but not for Syria?!' tweets. Do you protest Burma? Govt cuts? Poverty? US drones? No? Okay.Razan SaffourI would like to see more Muslims outraged about the injustices of their own rulers and Muslim on Muslim violence. #Syria #Pakistan # IraqHisham MelhemMuslims should protest bloomberg and his creepy spying or at the State Dept. about support for bahrain not dumb things like the movie.Zaid JilaniU want to protest drones killing civilians or billions in corruption $$$ floating into drug lords' hands, go ahead. But a movie!? #IslamfilmKamal FizaziAnd they didnt protest against the #US drones..but now getting crazy for a stupid movie made by someone stupid not the Government ! #Yemen Hind Aleryani هند Where was all this anger over the West when Muslims of Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Somalia were raped by America? #HYPOCRISYDana