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By Christian Plumber
Published September 23, 2012

 

The State Department has aired an advertisement on Pakistani television designed to quell the riots raging across the Muslim country aimed at U.S. interests.  The advertisement features Secretary of State Clinton disclaiming U.S. responsibilty for the controversial anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims.

For at least some rioters, the ads had its intended effect.  Muhammed Ali Jhajabad, of Kabul, said he stopped rioting after thinking about the ad's message. 

“I was throwing a brick through a store window when I saw Mrs. Clinton on the screen on the TV in store display,” he said.  “As I was removing cell phones from the display case, I could read the translation and what she said really struck a chord,” Muhammed said.  He soon realized that the movie was not really from all Americans.  Infidels or not, Americans were not all bad.

“I said to myself, ‘What am I doing?  We're all just people trying to get by.’”

Another rioter, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, also said he saw the ad by happenstance and stopped his rioting almost immediately.  “These public service messages always seem to help me put things in perspective,” said Bilour.  “I said to myself, 'what am I doing?  We're all just people trying to get by.’”   Bilour said that he used to blame Americans and Jews for his problems, but Ms. Clinton made him realize this was wrong.  That evening he went out and rented a DVD of the film “Ghandi” with Ben Kingsley and watched it with his wife and four children.  "Mrs. Clinton's words opened my eyes to something much larger."

The State Department plans to produce more ads to further increase awareness of America’s tolerance and appreciation of Islam.