Cairo U.S. Embassy Protested Over Anti-Islam Film Linked to Terry Jones

[trailmonkee]

Source: Daily Beast


At least 2,000 demonstrators, enraged over a little-known film produced in the United States that allegedly insults the Prophet Muhammad, shouted, “We will sacrifice ourselves for you, Allah’s messenger!” A group of men managed to mount the embassy’s walls waving a black flag with the words “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his messenger.” Many of those gathered did not know the name of the film, nor did they know the details of their grievance against the purported filmmaker, U.S. pastor Terry Jones, whose 2010 threats to burn the Quran triggered deadly riots in Afghanistan. Similar attacks were reported on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.


Al-Azhar, one of the Arab world’s most elite centers for higher Islamic learning, reportedly condemned the film on Tuesday, citing a scene in which a character based on the Prophet Muhammad goes on trial. Jones allegedly worked with a handful of Egyptian Christians in the U.S. to produce the film, whose 14-minute Arabic-dubbed trailer on YouTube depicts the Prophet as a deranged womanizer calling for massacres.


The organization standupamericanow.org ran a live stream on Tuesday of a press conference featuring Jones in what he dubbed “International Judge Muhammad Day,” during which he listed reasons why, in his opinion, the Prophet should be put on hypothetical trial.


Muslims consider any depiction of the Prophet, be it in an illustration or film, to be a violation of Islamic belief. Similar protests were staged outside the Danish Embassy in Cairo and across the Muslim world in 2005 after the daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten published satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet.


Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/11/cairo-u-s-embassy-protested-over-anti-islam-film-linked-to-terry-jones.html

[CJCRANE]

1. There you go - Terry Jones.

There's the neocons' October Surpirise for you.

I hope the administration has a headsup on this.

[DonViejo]

9. I wonder which one

of the neo-cons is whispering in Bibi's ear.

[femmocrat]

12. How is Jones connected to the neo-cons?

I was suspicious that the republicans had something to do with it, but I am unfamiliar with this Jones person (except for his prior Koran-burning stunt.)

Thanks!

[tanyev]

2. Oh, THAT Terry Jones.

What a tool.

[htuttle]

4. GMTA

[htuttle]

3. Oh, THAT Terry Jones

For a moment, I thought they were angry about "Life of Brian."

[tanyev]

5. Exactly alike!

How funny.

[dhill926]

6. ha ha.....classic....

[rayofreason]

16. A Python movie "Life of Abdul"...

...following an parallel schtick as in "Life of Brian" would produce bloody riots by Islamic extremists just the same.

Funny, I can't recall the details of the Christian riots when "Life of Brian" came out....must be all those recreational drugs messing with my memory.

[Iliyah]

7. Did an American die because of this asshole!

Crazy motherf****er, he is not a man of GOD.

[rayofreason]

17. No...

...An American died because wacko Libyans killed him (or her).

As far as Jones goes, he is an asshole to be sure, but assholes have a right to hold asshole opinions and express those noxious opinions to others - that is what makes them assholes in the first place.

But don't infantilize the murderers who did this by suggesting that they could not possibly be expected to control themselves and avoid killing the first American they can get to when their religion is insulted by completely unrelated people. In fact, I bet that it was a setup and that the Libyan and Egyptian attacks were preplanned and coordinated to occur (coincidentally) on 9/11.

[emilyg]

18. No. Terry did not kill

an American.

[Angry Dragon]

8. I have to question what god Jones believes in ..............

[msongs]

10. muslim beliefs only apply to muslim believers. nobody else is obligated to believe them nt

[cpwm17]

11. You're right

They remind me of people that think US laws apply to foreigners such as Julian Assange.

[LongTomH]

13. Wanna bet this creepo's agenda is to create incidents in the Middle East to embarass the Obama....

....Administration?

My God, what an evil bastard!!!!!

[kiranon]

14. Why not send Mr. Jones and his film on tour to North Africa.

That ought to solve the problem when he has to explain his film to those who may not understand it in the same way that he does. It would be an interesting cultural exchange. Perhaps both sides will come to see each other differently. (sarcasm alert)

[Historic NY]

15. They should put Terry Jones on a plane to mediate the disagreement.