I'm feeling very discouraged by news that the clumsy film causing protests in Egypt, Yemen, Iran, and other nations was invented by crack-pot Christians who produced it, lied to the actors about its content, dubbed in extremist lines, and claimed it was done by an Israeli.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-filmmaker-20120913,0,3754075.story
Steve Klein, the "script consultant," said they hoped it would "somehow open up the eyes" of Muslim extremists (interviewed on CNN today).
What a way to win converts--insult their prophet, Mohammad.
"The Southern Poverty Law Center has an extensive file on Klein that goes back decades," reports the LA Times.
Apparently the central character, Mohammad, was only named "George" in the script. Reports say he is portrayed as a womanizer and pedophile. No wonder Muslims are protesting.
Four people died in protests in Yemen today. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/gunshots-fired-as-protesters-storm-yemen-embassy.html
I care about Coptic Christians, just 10% of the population in Egypt and often under attack, but they are only more imperiled by the making of a film like this.
The BBC interviewed someone whose name I didn't catch, who said the extremists on both sides "have a symbiotic relationship." Each fires the other up and provides publicity.
As a person who spends hours in the classroom trying to help students understand religious issues in the news, I am dismayed by the mountain of ignorance and hatred in the hearts of these filmmakers.
Lines from "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" echo in my mind: When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
You'd think the filmmakers might have wondered if they were obeying God's will when they started having to use deceit to get the film made. Now it turns out the main guy behind the film is an ex-con, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula (aka "Sam Basile").
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/13/13842406-man-behind-anti-islam-film-reportedly-is-egyptian-born-ex-con?lite
Jesus said, "By their fruits you will know them."
"Strange fruit" in Yemen, like Billie Holliday's song recorded in 1939 about lynching.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-filmmaker-20120913,0,3754075.story
Steve Klein, the "script consultant," said they hoped it would "somehow open up the eyes" of Muslim extremists (interviewed on CNN today).
What a way to win converts--insult their prophet, Mohammad.
"The Southern Poverty Law Center has an extensive file on Klein that goes back decades," reports the LA Times.
Apparently the central character, Mohammad, was only named "George" in the script. Reports say he is portrayed as a womanizer and pedophile. No wonder Muslims are protesting.
Four people died in protests in Yemen today. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/09/gunshots-fired-as-protesters-storm-yemen-embassy.html
I care about Coptic Christians, just 10% of the population in Egypt and often under attack, but they are only more imperiled by the making of a film like this.
The BBC interviewed someone whose name I didn't catch, who said the extremists on both sides "have a symbiotic relationship." Each fires the other up and provides publicity.
As a person who spends hours in the classroom trying to help students understand religious issues in the news, I am dismayed by the mountain of ignorance and hatred in the hearts of these filmmakers.
Lines from "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" echo in my mind: When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
You'd think the filmmakers might have wondered if they were obeying God's will when they started having to use deceit to get the film made. Now it turns out the main guy behind the film is an ex-con, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula (aka "Sam Basile").
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/13/13842406-man-behind-anti-islam-film-reportedly-is-egyptian-born-ex-con?lite
Jesus said, "By their fruits you will know them."
"Strange fruit" in Yemen, like Billie Holliday's song recorded in 1939 about lynching.
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