The Muslim world is burning. The spark was lit by an anti-Islam video made in the United States, which portrays Prophet Muhammad in a poor light. Over the past few days, protests have spread from the Middle East and North Africa to countries across the world. Even in countries like India, Muslims have given vent to their anger against the video (read the US and its policies).

The protests have turned violent in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan and many other countries. US and Israeli flags have been burnt in the Philippines, and demonstrators clashed with police in Indonesia, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.

In Lebanon, the Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah made a rare public appearance in Beirut earlier this week exhorting Muslims across the world to intensify their protests against the video. Perhaps what Nasrallah said - the West does not understand the "breadth of the humiliation" caused by the "worst attack ever on Islam" - can drive some sense into Western leaders' minds and compel them to change the way they see Muslims across the world.