Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests

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I believe that, in addition to the killing in Libya, I heard about a killing in Egypt as well, but I can't swear to it.

Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding Tuesday after his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where one American was killed.

Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and that the 56-year-old intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion.

Protesters angered over Bacile's film opened fire on and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing an American diplomat on Tuesday. In Egypt, protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo and replaced an American flag with an Islamic banner.

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The two-hour movie, "Innocence of Muslims," cost $5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors, said Bacile, who wrote and directed it.

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It depicts Muhammad as a feckless philanderer who approved of child sexual abuse, among other overtly insulting claims that have caused outrage.

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Klein said he vowed to help Bacile make the movie but warned him that "you're going to be the next Theo van Gogh." Van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004 after making a film that was perceived as insulting to Islam.

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The full film has been shown once, to a mostly empty theater in Hollywood earlier this year, said Bacile.

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Bacile apparently has family members in Egypt.

[Enthusiast]

1. This Sam Bacile is one of those free range assholes.

Why go out of your way to insult an entire religion?