Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Cairo

YankeeFan · Sep 11, 2012

Where's Rick Monday when you need him?

Angry protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and hauled down the American flag, replacing it with a black standard with Islamic emblems, apparently in protest of the production of a film thought to insult the Prophet Mohammed.

The incident prompted a volley of warning shots to be fired as a large crowd gathered outside, said CNN producer Mohammed Fahmy, who was on the scene.

The replacement flag read, "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/world/meast/egpyt-us-embassy-protests/index.html
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We responded in the harshest possible way... with an apology:

The U.S. Embassy said in a statement Tuesday that it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."

"Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy," the statement said. "We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."
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LongTimeListener · Sep 11, 2012

What's the movie, or is that completely made up?

Armchair_QB · Sep 11, 2012

The only one I can think of is the Ben Affleck movie that's coming out later this year about the Iranian hostage crisis.

That can't be it though. Gotta be something else.

LongTimeListener · Sep 11, 2012

Maybe they just saw Gigli, then. Understandable reaction.

YankeeFan · Sep 11, 2012

LongTimeListener said:

What's the movie, or is that completely made up?
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Supposedly the Koran burning pastor from Florida has some movie out -- which I'm sure has been seen by a handful of people.

hondo · Sep 11, 2012

Can they just get over themselves already? Every religion in the world and its symbols are satirized, mocked, made fun of and otherwise not treated with reverential respect. I don't recall Catholics rioting over the photo of a crucifix in a jar of piss.

Tarheel316 · Sep 11, 2012

hondo said:

Can they just get over themselves already? Every religion in the world and its symbols are satirized, mocked, made fun of and otherwise not treated with reverential respect. I don't recall Catholics rioting over the photo of a crucifix in a jar of piss.
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Apparently they can't. Or won't.

sportbook · Sep 11, 2012

LongTimeListener said:

What's the movie, or is that completely made up?
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http://www.christianpost.com/news/son-of-hamas-to-make-film-about-islam-prophet-muhammad-77048/

sportbook · Sep 11, 2012

YankeeFan said:

Where's Rick Monday when you need him?

Angry protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and hauled down the American flag, replacing it with a black standard with Islamic emblems, apparently in protest of the production of a film thought to insult the Prophet Mohammed.

The incident prompted a volley of warning shots to be fired as a large crowd gathered outside, said CNN producer Mohammed Fahmy, who was on the scene.

The replacement flag read, "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his messenger."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/world/meast/egpyt-us-embassy-protests/index.html
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We responded in the harshest possible way... with an apology:

The U.S. Embassy said in a statement Tuesday that it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."

"Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy," the statement said. "We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."
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What is the US apologizing for? What a bizarre quote.

Brooklyn Bridge · Sep 11, 2012

The embassy in Benghazi in Libya has also been stormed, apparently because of the film.

Armchair_QB · Sep 11, 2012

So the son of a Hamas leader announces in Jerusalem that he will make a film about the prophet and the minions of the religion of peace storm American embassies?

Ummm... Ok.

Oggiedoggie · Sep 11, 2012

It might be an Egyptian Copt activist living in the U.S. with ties to the Quran-burning attention-craving pastor in Florida.

Angered by reports in the Egyptian media that members of the Coptic Christian diaspora in the United States had produced a crude film mocking the Muslim prophet, protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and tore down the American flag. Later, a Libyan security official told Reuters that armed militiamen had attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi to express their rage at a 14-minute trailer for the English-language film which was posted on YouTube in July.

The trailer attracted little attention until last week, when a version dubbed into Arabic was posted on the same YouTube channel and then copied and viewed tens of thousands of times.

While it remains unclear who produced the film, an Egyptian-American Copt known for his broadsides against Muslims drew attention to it last week in an e-mail newsletter publicizing the latest publicity stunt of the Florida pastor Terry Jones, reviled in the Muslim world for burning copies of the Koran. Reached by telephone in Florida, a representative of Mr. Jones seemed unaware of the film, but hours later the pastor sent The Lede a statement by e-mail in which he complained of the attack on the embassy in Cairo and announced plans to screen the trailer for the film on Tuesday night, saying that it “reveals in a satirical fashion the life of Muhammad.”

The Coptic activist, Morris Sadek, did not respond to a request for an interview, but he is an ally of Mr. Jones and his blog features photographs of the two men at a tiny, anti-Islam protest outside the White House in June. Later, he told The Associated Press that he planned screenings of the film.
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From: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/obscure-film-mocking-muslim-prophet-sparks-anti-u-s-protests-in-egypt-and-libya/

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