Burning an American flag proved fatal for a Pakistani protester, who
reportedly died from inhaling fumes from the ignited icon of
independence.

Some 10,000 people rallied this week in Lahore, the capital of the
Punjab province, to protest the movie trailer that Muslims say insults
Islam, according to the International Herald-Tribune. One participant,
identified as Abdullah Ismail, died after being taken to an area
hospital. Witnesses said he had complained of feeling sick from the
smoke from American flags burnt at the rally.

The rally was organized on the city's landmark mall by the Tehreek
Hurmat-i-Rasool. Despite a ban on rallies on The Mall, local officials
blocked off the road leading to it from noon to 6 p.m., apparently to
facilitate the event.

The film trailer that has spurred angry protests throughout the
Middle East, "Innocence of Muslims," was produced by a California man.
The trailer ridicules Islam and depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud,
a womanizer and a pedophile.

But protesters asserted it was created with the backing of the U.S. government.



“The U.S. must make a law against blasphemy – or we will not let the
US consulates in Pakistan function,” a rally organizer told the paper.
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