ASTANA, September 26 - RAPSI. The Astana Court will hear on October 1 the case of recognizing the film, "Innocence of Muslims," to be extremist, the court told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

The Kazakh Prosecutor General's Office initiated on September 21 the proceedings to declare the film to be extremist and to prohibit its distribution in Kazakhstan.

Protests have broken out in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Sudan, as well as in other predominantly Muslim countries, over the film. U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was killed along with three colleagues when rioters attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on September 11.The trailer of the 14-minute U.S.-made film was released last week on YouTube and is considered to portray Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad in a negative light.
A number of Eastern countries have blocked access to the film.