dprjones's video: Tolerating the intolerant

Recently an amateur film maker in California made a video/film. That video/film has sparked riots throughout the Islamic world. The reason is that some Muslims consider that the film/video insults their Prophet. So, (some muslims), who have probably not even seen the video, have reacted with violence. As a result of their violence, so far, at least 6 people have been killed, including the US Ambassador to Libya. I consider this to be disgusting. What hope is there for mankind when there is so little tolerance for and towards people who think differently? If you think the actions of some Muslims in response to a video can be justified then please post a comment/video explaining why. All images used in this video came from the BBC website; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/ see also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19595854 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19595854 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19605322 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19606155 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19600542 and: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFNSWf5f6J0&feature=g-u-u And see The Young Turks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu7Ew_DyFrI&feature=plcp and Bertrand Russel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7I9pgqiLo0 From the BBC website: "What does the film show? The video, a trailer for a longer film entitled Innocence of Muslims, appears to depict Islam as a religion of violence and hate, and its Prophet Muhammad as a foolish and power hungry man. It opens with a scene in which a Coptic family in a newly radicalised Islamic Egypt is attacked by a group of Muslims. The father tells his daughters that Muslims are bent on killing all Christians and that the Islamic state is hiding their crimes. It then depicts the Prophet Muhammad and his life with his family and his followers in the desert. He is shown with his wife Khadija, and implies she engineers the Koran with a mix of Old and New Testament verse. He is also shown in sexual positions with his wife and other women. The film shows Muhammad's followers to be savage killers hungry for wealth and bent on killing women and children. One of the most insulting sequences includes a reference to Muhammad sanctioning the molestation of children, and at one stage the Prophet also declares that he is gay. Many characters recite verses supposedly taken from the Koran although clearly invented, as they go about killing and extorting locals." "Why is it so offensive? Depicting the Prophet Muhammad in any way already defies Islamic belief, let alone satirising him. His wife Khadija and his earliest companions are also revered in their own right in Islam, and so mocking these individuals is also considered serious blasphemy. The founding principle of Islam is that the Koran is the direct word of God, revealed to Muhammad in order that he impart it to humankind. Depicting Khadija as planning to concoct a holy book out of the Old and New Testament defies an intrinsic Islamic belief. "What do we know about how it was put together? The entire film is thought to be around an hour long, although most have only seen a 14 minute trailer which has now been widely circulated on the internet in English and Arabic. It was clearly put together on a budget, with a cheaply made set, amateur actors and poor production standards. It was shot over five days at a California film studio in August last year, with a cast of around 50, together with a large production crew. The most offensive parts of the film appear not to have been in the original, but dubbed over the soundtrack at a later date. "Who is Nakoula Basseley Nakoula? The now infamous trailer for the film was posted through a Youtube account linked to the name 'sambacile' - originally reported as an Israeli Jew who had raised $5m dollars from Jewish donors in the US to make the film. But this person did not exist. US authorities now say they have identified Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian living in California as the man who made the film. Basseley, who was found guilty of fraud in 2010 and ordered to pay more than $790,000 in restitution, is thought to have used the pseudonym "Sam Bacile" to hide his identity. He denies the allegations.