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ANGRY MUSLIMS BURN US FLAGS in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur province in protest to the film “Innocence of Muslims.” Photo by Al Jacinto
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The guilt of inciters By DOUG BERNARD VOANEWS . COM
ONCE AGAIN, the world is learning the hard way that in the tinderbox of religion and politics, the Internet can be gasoline. Last week’s shocking attack on a US consulate in Benghazi, and the subsequent killing of US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other US embassy personnel, has left the world a more confused and angry place. For the moment, protests that began in Egypt are spreading to US embassies around the world; all seemingly over a 14 minute video that claims to be excerpts from a film called “The Innocence of Muslims.” Fingers of blame are being pointed in all sorts of directions; among them are those aimed squarely at the Internet and social MARAWI PROTEST. Some 3,000 Muslim militants from Marawi City and Lanao del Sur province burn the Israeli and Ameri- networking sites for hostcan flags at Plaza Cabili, Barangay Banggolo, Monday morning. This is to protest the production and showing of a film ing clips of the “movie” that has hurt and angered that “vandalized” and “discriminated” the Islam religion. Photo by Richel V. Umel
Commentary so many Muslims, and then speeding its spread through social media. It’s just a fact of life now that, given the right moment, a bit of video that has languished in obscurity for months can rocket through the web to millions of people within an hour or two––hardly enough time to even know what it is or where it came from, let alone what it means. Yet the Internet is also helping to answer those questions, however slowly it’s coming. And much of what people thought they knew about “Innocence of Muslims” simply isn’t true at all. The producer, a man who called himself Sam Bacile, is apparently Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a bank fraud convict who has used at least a dozen false IDs in the past. INCITERS | page 9
‘Innocence of Muslims’ protests reach Southern Philippines By AL JACINTO Regional editor-Zamboanga
COTABATO City––Hundreds of angry Muslims protesting the film “Innocence of Muslims” burned American flags at a huge
rally on Monday in the southern Philippine city of Marawi. The violence was triggered by the film which mocked Islam. It also sparked riots and protests in Yemen, Libya and Egypt
and could spread to other Middle Easter countries, according to the Filipino migrants group called Migrante-Middle East. Filipino Muslims have denounced the film. And others threatened to kill
filmmaker Eg yptianAmerican Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who is believed behind the “Innocence of Muslims,” and used the name Sam Becile as the film’s director. The rally attracted more
than 300 people in Marawi, but there were no reports of attacks on US interest in the province where American forces maintain small contingent training Filipino troops in anti-terrorism. The country’s largest
Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, has appealed to Muslims not to resort to violence. “We cannot address violence with violence. Islam is peace and a peaceful protest PROTEST | page 9
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