Moment Muslim activists storm Birmingham screening of controversial Bollywood film about Islamic State

May 22, 2023   

(LBC) This is the moment Muslim activists in Birmingham stormed the screening of an “extremist” film about the Islamic State in an attempt to shut it down.

Protesters led by Shakeel Afsar, who also campaigned to block a school in Birmingham from teaching about LGBT equality, can be seen at the showing of Kerala Story at the Cineworld in Birmingham on Friday evening.

The scenes were captured by Muslim group 5Pillars, who posted the footage onto their YouTube channel.

Cineworld confirmed that the screening had been paused while staff dealt with the protesters, but said that the film began playing again soon afterwards.

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