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'Innocence of Muslims' filmmakers influenced by controversial cleric (Blame the film!)
The Los Angeles Times' L.A. Now ^ | September 15, 2012 | Harriet Ryan, Ken Bensinger, Jessica Garrison and Abby Sewell

Posted on 09/16/2012 6:35:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The Southern California men behind the "Innocence of Muslims" movie that has enraged the Arab world were influenced by a fiery Coptic cleric who owns a home in Huntington Beach and is known around the globe for making insults against the prophet Muhammad.

Although the preacher, Zakaria Botros Henein, has not been linked to the anti-Muslim film, his views were strikingly similar to those in the movie. He is often called Islam's "Public Enemy No. 1" and teaches that Muhammad was a necrophiliac, a homosexual and a pedophile.

The three disparate figures who have emerged as key forces behind the movie, however, are all supporters of his views, according to interviews and records.

Steve Klein, a militant Christian who worked on the script, has publicly hailed Botros as "a close friend" and compared him favorably to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Joseph Nassralla, the operator of the Christian charity organization whose offices were used in the film, directs visitors from his website to Botros' website, FatherZakaria.net.

And Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who paid the actors and organized every detail of the producton, spoke openly of his devotion to the cleric while in federal prison the year before the August 2011 filming.

Botros, 77, could not be reached for comment. His son, Benyamin, said his father was travelling and was unavailable.

“I cannot tell you where he is because his life is in danger,” the son said. He added that he did not think his father had played a role in the film. For his part, the younger Botros said the movie was “just the truth.”

The priest has for decades been among the most controversial figures to Muslims....

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Politics; Religion; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: egypt; islam; libya; muslims

1 posted on 09/16/2012 6:36:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

moslems gotta’ grow up. nobody who counts in this world cares if you get insulted, or if you run about in a rage. nobody!


2 posted on 09/16/2012 6:40:36 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
teaches that Muhammad was a necrophiliac, a homosexual and a pedophile.

The 3rd item is true and not even debatable. I am not sure where they get evidence for the 1st two.

3 posted on 09/16/2012 6:48:06 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL. How long is the media gonna peddle this phony story?


4 posted on 09/16/2012 6:48:39 PM PDT by skeeter
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I don't know of anyone who has seen the “video” they are claiming caused the assassinating of Ambassador Stevens, but I am sure many FReepers will recall the PBS “documentary” back in the Spring of 2010. Was this the start of the Arab Spring?

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/dancingboys/

5 posted on 09/16/2012 7:19:11 PM PDT by not2worry ( NO MORE YEARS!!!!)
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International Herald Tribune’s Express Tribune, in Pakistan, “Ultimatum to U.S.: ‘Criminalise blasphemy or lose consulate’”:

Pakistan demanding HANGINGS IN AMERICA

Not just the director, all involved. Arrest is not enough, a congressional resolution condemning the dubbed video is not enough....

as if it was about the video.


6 posted on 09/16/2012 7:37:23 PM PDT by Freddd (No PA Engineers)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Interesting history of Islam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y

Shows the PC disinformation we’ve gotten over the years regarding Islam.


7 posted on 09/16/2012 9:07:30 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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How many other antimuslim minimovies are on Youtube. I know Doug from Upland has one, but there are bound to be dozens and dozens. How do we know how many are there, and elsewhere? Antimuslim websites -how many? They have browbeating the administration and state dept. without doing anyting except intimidation.
8 posted on 09/17/2012 10:22:22 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter (<)
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I just looked at Youtube and searched ‘Obama exposed’ and there are videos ranging from 6 part exposes to a few minutes. There are pages and pages on Youtube. Why this move? What is the distinction? Or was it just a timely excuse?


9 posted on 09/17/2012 10:31:15 AM PDT by Texas Songwriter (<)
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