The MPS, who gathered on Saturday to vote for the nominees named by President Hamid Karzai for key Afghan ministerial posts, were angry over an anti-Islam film that denigrated Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
“I call on the government to immediately cut all its diplomatic ties with the US, and burn the US flag,” MP Abdul Sattar Khawasi said.
On May 1, 2012, Karzai and US President Barack Obama signed the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which extends the US presence in Afghanistan to another decade beyond 2014, which was the original date agreed upon for the departure of all foreign combat troops from Afghanistan.
Anti-US demonstrations, which began on September 11 over a low-budget anti-Islam film, have been held across the Muslim world, with protesters storming US embassies and torching US flags.
Muslims in Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kashmir, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Gaza, Morocco, Syria, Kuwait, Nigeria, Kenya, Australia, Britain, the United States, France, Belgium, and some other countries have held many demonstrations to condemn the movie that disrespected Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
“In religious perspective, such acts have been even condemned in international pacts,” MP Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi told Press TV.
President Karzai and many Afghan religious figures have also condemned the blasphemous movie. They said such acts could not be accepted and tolerated.
“Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has been insulted, and this is not acceptable for Afghans,” political analyst Yasin Alemi noted.
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