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As demonstrations continue across Muslim world, protests erupt against anti-Islam video in Srinagar.

Angry protesters threw stones at a police vehicle in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, during a protest over the anti-Islamic film "The Innocence of Muslims" on September 18, 2012.
By Faisal Khan
Published On 20 Sep 2012

In Indian-administered Kashmir, protests broke out on Tuesday against the anti-Islam video entitled “The Innocence of Muslims”. Hundreds of protesters in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, tried to march to a United Nations building but were stopped by police. All across Kashmir, businesses closed their doors in a strike against the video that sparked violent outrage across much of the Muslim world.

The anti-Islam film, produced in the US state of California in 2011, has provoked protests across the Muslim world, including in India(***)s northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir, which has a Muslim majority.
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Indian policemen patrol a deserted street in Srinagar.
A protester jumps over a burning tyre. A photographer for news agency AFP said protesters threw stones and set fire to a police van.
Aside from Srinagar, above, seven other towns in the area saw protests as well.
Businesses were shut throughout the region as part of a strike to protest the movie. Above, demonstrators shout anti-American slogans.