Thousands of Egyptian demonstrators have torn down flag at the American embassy in Cairo and replaced it with an Islamic flag.
Nearly 3,000 demonstrators, most of them Islamic supporters of the Salafist movement, gathered at the embassy in protest over a film offensive to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) which was produced by expatriate members of Egypt's Christian minority resident in America.
A dozen men scaled the embassy walls and one of them tore down the American flag, replacing it with a black one inscribed with the Muslim profession of faith: "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God."
Demonstrators also daubed part of that slogan - "There is no God but God" - on the walls of the embassy compound.
Source: Agencies
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