Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah calls for a week of protests in Lebanon.
The demonstrations called for by Hassan Nasrallah to denounce the Innocence of Muslims film are likely to be big, but not violent.
Hezbollah followers are disciplined, and he has told them to act legally. The demonstrations over the next week are being held in areas where Hezbollah has sway, and there are in any case no obvious US-related potential targets.
Nasrallah believes such protests - aimed primarily at the US - are necessary, but not enough to deter repetitions of such "insults to Islam", of which he says the film is by far the most serious ever.
He says the primary responsibility lies with the governments in the Arab and Islamic worlds to pressure for steps to ensure that Islam and the other revealed religions are respected and that "this door is closed for good".
He wants the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation to formulate an enforceable international law that would be put to the US, the UN, the EU and other quarters.
Hezbollah is the real power behind the current Lebanese government. Shortly after his speech, the Lebanese foreign minister said he had contacted the Arab League to call for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers.