6. Innocence Of Muslims
Censored versions of this “film” can still be found on YouTube, and it is entirely likely that the full thirty minutes can be sourced somewhere deep in the recesses of the internet. Suffice it to say that the title is most certainly deceiving, and one can likely tell that by the blood-soaked, sword-wielding depiction of Muhammad above. Relegated to only two, fourteen minute trailers, Innocence of Muslims sparked incredible outrage in the Muslim community, leading to several lawsuits. Never mind the legal proceedings though. There also were riots on an international scale. Violent protests, including the killing of four Americans in Benghazi, ultimately led to hundreds of injuries and over 50 deaths. A great deal of Muslims were offended by, first, there being a depiction of Muhammad, and secondly that depiction being of a murderer, a pedophile and a womanizer. A Pakistani minister even offered a bounty for anyone who killed the film’s writer, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. A federal court, given all the trouble, ruled that Google remove the videos completely from YouTube. Interesting that when people become offended and act in the same manner as their supposed prophet, governments bend to their every whim.
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