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Right-Wing Christians Behind Anti-Islam Film that Caused Riots
The story behind the film "Innocence of Muslims" that sparked the riots in Egypt and Libya and which led to the death of the American ambassador to Libya and three other diplomats is starting to come out. Initially, it was said that it was produced by an Israeli named Sam Bacile with the support of 100 rich Jews. However, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that no such Israeli exists. Now it appears that the producer was a Coptic Christian named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who used "Sam Bacile," "Sam Bassil," and other variants of his middle name as a pseudonym. He has since gone into hiding. Coptic Christians are a minority comprising about 10% of the Egyptian population and they have been discriminated against for centuries, so there is reason to believe one of them might be inclined to make an anti-Islam film and then try to blame it on Israel.
With Nakoula unavailable for comment, the spokesman for the film is a 61 year-old California insurance agent with ties to various extreme right-wing groups. He claims to have visited every mosque in California and identified 500 to 750 future suicide bombers and murderers. He founded Courageous Christians United, which holds protests outside abortion clinics but also outside Mormon temples. When asked whether he had any regrets about participating in a film that lead to the death of an American ambassador, Klein replied: "Do I have blood on my hands? No. Did I kill this guy? No. Do I feel guilty that these people were incited? Guess what? I didn't incite them. They're pre-incited, they're pre-programmed to do this."
For Mitt Romney, jumping into this affair before he knew much about it is embarrassing enough, but it's going to get worse. Klein's Website, mormoninfo.org, is one big, detailed screed against Mormonism. The main page has a long three-column table on it, with a question on the left, the Mormon position in the middle and the Christian position on the right.
http://mormoninfo.org/
If you are interested in this material, it might be wise to check it out now since it may or may not be there for long. The last thing Romney wants now is a discussion of what Mormons believe and whether they are Christians or not. We may be in for a bit of irony shortly as Romney, in essence, defended the film on the grounds that Americans believe in free speech. He may soon be in a position of having to defend an anti-Mormon Website on the same grounds.