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Thursday, November 8, 2012

A year in jail for the author's video about Muhammad that angered Islamic World


Basseley Youssef producer of the controversial and bizarre movie that caused an outbreak of violence in the Middle East and the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya in September, has been sentenced to one year in jail, charged with violating probation. Youssef, a Coptic Christian who lives in Los Angeles and with a criminal record, admitted before a court of law in Southern California using false identities to hide , after the scandal broke for his film, 'The innocent Muslims', low quality tape filmed by amateur actors and attacking Muhammad. Youssef, who used the alias Nakoula Bassley Nakoula and Bacile Sam, was arrested on September 27 and has been in police custody since. Youssef was sentenced in 2010 to 21 months in prison , of which he served half although the ban on Internet for five years. Your ribbon hung on Youtube over, sparking anger in the Islamic world and the popular uprisings in several Arab countries. Before, they had released a Hollywood Boulevard with few attending the premiere, all under strange circumstances and with the name of Osama Bin Laden linked to the original title of the film. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens died in an attack in the city of Benghazi on 11 September.

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