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[HunterM]

Here's the latest:

Man behind anti-Islam film reportedly is Egyptian-born ex-con

A 55-year-old Egypt-born Coptic Christian man living in the Los Angeles area was a key figure behind the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims," blamed for sparking riots and protests in the Middle East, a federal law enforcement official told NBC News Thursday.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who is on probation after being convicted of financial crimes, also was twice sentenced to jail on drug charges in the late 1990s, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said.

Court records show that Nakoula was convicted on federal fraud charges in Los Angeles in 2010. Among the conditions of his probation, Nakoula was barred from using "any online service at any location" without the prior approval of his probation officer, according to a copy of court records in the case.

Federal law enforcement officials are investigating whether Nakoula violated his probation on those fraud charges in his efforts to promote the movie, an official has confirmed to NBC News.

The official emphasized that the current probe of Nakoula relates only to whether he violated his probation order — not into the content of the inflammatory movie.

"This is not an investigation of the film," the official said, or in any way intended to infringe on his "First Amendment rights."

It was not immediately clear whether Nakoula was the target of a criminal investigation or part of the broader U.S. investigation into the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya during an attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi.

The crude and provocative anti-Islam video, blamed in part for sparking protests against U.S. diplomatic missions, was promoted by another Egyptian-born Coptic Christian named Morris Sadek on his website.

Copts make up a minority in Egypt where they have been victims of discrimination and sometimes attacks by Islamic extremists...

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[Telstra]

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People are obsessed with the film maker
but they should be obsessed with what is wrong with Islam, why the violence for an un-proven god ?

 

[pat grimshaw]

They were on the rampage in my city today. Six police officers were injured, two of whom are now in hospital. The angry religious faithful had posters with slogans
Behead all those who insult the prophet and Our dead are in paradise, your dead are in hell.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Fury at Sydney protests
You can hear them chanting at the 1.50 mark Obama, Obam, we love Osama!

I've no idea what this means

 

[Lostlover]

Fury at Sydney protests
You can hear them chanting at the 1.50 mark Obama, Obam, we love Osama!

I've no idea what this means

Sounds (or looks) like you guys need better immigration rules. There are a lot of undesirable people in these photos who are stuck in another century.

 

[pat grimshaw]

^ My country's state and federal governments are so corrupt they imported all sorts of trash to buy votes. Unfortunately our nation has compulsory voting so politics is dumbed down to lure the dumb trash.

 

[Lostlover]

^ My country's state and federal governments are so corrupt they imported all sorts of trash to buy votes. Unfortunately our nation has compulsory voting so politics is dumbed down to lure the dumb trash.

We have our problems, but I've yet to see a pro-Islam rally in the US. Then again, we have the highest per capita gun ownership rate in the world.

 

[Telstra]

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These protestors insult other people all the time. What a hypocrites.
Those with violent signs should be jailed for hate crimes !!!

 

[mikey3000]

^ But, but, but... They're such a peaceful people.

 

[TheFireGod]

How come I don't know any instances of violence or large scale protests in the Turkic speaking Muslim countries, especially the ones that were under the rule of the de-jure Atheist Soviet Union?

 

[mikey3000]

It's nice to say that not all Muslims are complaining or violently protesting, but are these complacent ones doing anything to stop or prevent the violence? If not then cannot and should not be included in the numbers. They are inactive. The ones who are active for good or bad are the ones to pay appention to in these trying times.

 

[Telstra]

To the contrary, you did say exactly that. Your syllogism was that you called the Muslims out, and then implied they were doing something militant, and contrasted it by suggesting the polar opposites, militant atheists, are absent.

Just owning up to your statement is a lot more dignified than running from it with equivocations.

You should be the professor of English.
Ignored !!!

 

[Telstra]

How come I don't know any instances of violence or large scale protests in the Turkic speaking Muslim countries, especially the ones that were under the rule of the de-jure Atheist Soviet Union?

Because their government don't allow it.
These protestors are political. Women veiling in western countries are political.

 

[pat grimshaw]

^

you two kids are twins.

Aren't you paying attention? Those thugs at #81 are in my city.

 

[BostonPirate]

It's nice to say that not all Muslims are complaining or violently protesting, but are these complacent ones doing anything to stop or prevent the violence? If not then cannot and should not be included in the numbers. They are inactive. The ones who are active for good or bad are the ones to pay appention to in these trying times.

Are you a christian?

Did you do anything to stop the Abortion clinic Bombings that Hard Up mentioned earlier? IF you didn't you are guilty of the same standard you imposed on the entire muslim world.

Look, this is not a simple us versus them kind of thing. As polls show, the USA is very popular in some of these nations, and its BECAUSE we are gaining in popularity that these extremists are feeding off of each other and manipulating all the rest of us.

 

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Yes I am. How do you know everyone your pointing fingers at is "sitting safely theorizing out of harms way"? You don't.

He forgot that we get terrorist bombings in our backyard too, and it's not just from the radical Muslims either.

 

[TheFireGod]

Because their government don't allow it.
These protestors are political. Women veiling in western countries are political.

Yep, well that and how more secular these countries are.

It's funny though how the Neocons are all about spreading the American way of life, but suddenly say the country goes to hell after the country the desire for a country to be democratic comes true.

It's nice to say that not all Muslims are complaining or violently protesting, but are these complacent ones doing anything to stop or prevent the violence? If not then cannot and should not be included in the numbers. They are inactive. The ones who are active for good or bad are the ones to pay appention to in these trying times.

Why don't you go to a Muslim forum and find out?

You won't know if you keep yourself in a mostly non-religious gay forum or a Christian forum.

 

[pat grimshaw]

…Why don't you go to a Muslim forum and find out?

You won't know if you keep yourself in a mostly non-religious gay forum or a Christian forum.

You're passing the buck.

You're asking someone else to do the work and take the responsibility for others. We didn't ask these fanatics to bring their hatred into our countries. We asked for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free but we didn't ask for pathological hatred.

 

[TheFireGod]

Wait! You think I'm passing the blame to mikey3000? I only told him to look it up himself whether other Muslims are outraged about the violence and attacks, cause he's certainly looking for one.

Only ones to blame are the idiots who suddenly find ANY images/depictions of Mohammed to be a great insult, which led to the masses having a reason to go witch hunting. Nevermind that he was depicted in art in the past, and he showed up in South Park without offending those extremist crybabies.

 

[BostonPirate]

You're passing the buck.

You're asking someone else to do the work and take the responsibility for others. We didn't ask these fanatics to bring their hatred into our countries. We asked for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free but we didn't ask for pathological hatred.

Patty, are you american now?

WE? Huddled masses? a genuine demagogue. Impressive.