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Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 | 8:33 a.m.
BEIRUT — Thousands of followers of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah militant group are rallying against an anti-Islam film that has provoked a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide.
The leader of the Shiite group, Hassan Nasrallah, called for Monday's protests. He says the U.S. must be held accountable for the film because it was produced in America.
Protesters including white-turbaned Muslim clerics and thousands of other men and women are massing in Hezbollah strongholds south of Beirut.
Most of the men tied headbands around their foreheads in green and yellow — the colors of Hezbollah — with the words "at your service God's prophet" written on them.
Many Muslims are angry because the film denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
Protests are expected in desert kingdoms when the new cigarette named PEDOPHILE hits the stores. It will show a logo of Muhammad on the packaging. No Muslim will smoke it, but it will be purchased by millions of Islamophobes. The brand and its logo are being sold to beer and clothing makers, a football team is negotiating for the right to use the name.