The Egyptian Outrage Peddler Who Sent an Anti-Islam YouTube Clip Viral

[MNBrewer]

"Everyday Americans spout off hours upon hours of offensive statements about Islam. So how on Earth did a poorly-produced, wildly obscure 14-minute YouTube clip spark violent uprisings from Yemen to Afghanistan to Algeria to Egypt? The answer is Sheik Khaled Abdalla, an Egyptian TV host who latched onto a trailer of the U.S. film Innocence of Muslims on Sunday, a move that has stoked anti-American sentiment across the Muslim world."

http://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-outrage-peddler-sent-anti-islam-youtube-clip-153214358.html

Will those who wanted Terry Jones sued for wrongful death also call for the same for Mr. Abdalla?

[The Magistrate]

1. If Someone Ran a Power Drill Through His Knee-Caps, Sir, I Would Have A Hard Time Disapproving....

I am curious what or who pointed him to this thing, which had been up and available for weeks, so that he broadcast just a few days ago....

[Junkdrawer]

5. Morris Sadek "promot(ed) the video on his website and on certain TV stations"...

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Morris Sadek, an Egyptian-born Christian in the United States known for his anti-Islam views, told the AP from Washington that he was promoting the video on his website and on certain TV stations, which he did not identify. Early reports suggested Sadek had made the film, but this no longer appears to be the case.

Both depicted the film as showing how Coptic Christians are oppressed in Egypt, though it goes well beyond that to ridicule Muhammad — a reflection of their contention that Islam as a religion is inherently oppressive.

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/11/13807579-american-killed-in-libya-during-protests-about-prophet-muhammad-video?lite

[pscot]

2. Civilization is hanging

by a very fine thread.

[MNBrewer]

3. Whose? All of them, globally?

[pscot]

4. There's only one, nowadays

[MNBrewer]

6. You think? I'm not so sure about that.