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Citizens of Libya are gathering in the main square in Benghazi to host rival demonstrations for those against the control of militias.

The protests, containing 30,000 Libyans, come after the assault that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans.

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According to Aljazeera, a big crowd came into al-Kish Square near the militia camp while holding up a Libyan flag. The protestors chanted “With our lives and souls, we redeem you, Benghazi”.

A member of Andar al-Sharia told the AFP news agency:

“Our demonstration is in support of the messenger of Allah and to condemn the abuse of Islam and Muslims carried out by any given country, chief among them France and the US. It wasn’t enough for them to produce a film denigrating the Prophet in America, off goes France insisting on publishing cartoons in its newspaper that are offensive to our Prophet. We will never tolerate that.”

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Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid stated:

 “We went there to see their slogans and basically what they’re saying is that they refused insults to the Prophet but they also refuse terrorism in their city.”

“They have also called for the disbanding of the militias, chanting: ‘What are you waiting for?’. They’re asking the government how long it will take before they do that.”

We hope that the violence in Libya can end soon to prevent from more lives being taken.

Source: Aljazeera