Iran’s FM Salehi Cautions against Spread of New Wave of Islamophobia.

Iran’s FM Cautions against Spread of New Wave of Islamophobia.(Fars).

Iran’s CM Hosseini: "Innocence of Muslims" has been financed by more than 100 Jews and produced by an American-Israeli man in the US.

“The West has created several radical groups under different names such as Takfiri, al-Qaeda, … in Muslim countries to portray Islam as a radical religion to the international community and propagate Islamophobia,” Salehi said, addressing a press conference in Tehran on Sunday.

The Iranian foreign minister underlined that the arrogant powers are trying hard to spread Islamophobia throughout the world.

In relevant remarks in October, Iranian Culture Minister Seyed Mohammad Hosseini blasted the world arrogant powers for their anti-Islam efforts, saying that the global arrogance has launched propaganda against Muslims by promoting Islamophobia via different means such as culture, art, cinema, and computer games.

"The global arrogance intends to weaken the morale of Muslims through Islamophobia," the minister said, addressing a seminar at Tabriz University.

He reiterated that the world arrogant powers try to basically introduce Islam as a violent and irrational religion.

One of the issues that the world arrogance has used against Muslims is propagating Islamophobia or more precisely war on Islam by using different means of culture, art, cinema, and computer games, Hosseini said.

Pointing to the sacrilegious film 'Innocence of Muslims' which insulted holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the minister said that those behind the movie intend to "sow the seeds of discord between the followers of different faiths by disrespecting Islamic sanctities and the holy Prophet of Islam to achieve their own goals".

"Innocence of Muslims", previously called Desert Warriors and Innocence of Bin Laden, is a 2012 anti-Muslim movie which insults Muslims' Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

The film has been financed by more than 100 Jews and produced by an American-Israeli man in the US.

The film has been widely condemned across the globe including Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Morocco, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc.

Opposition slams bill that could keep Koran-burning pastor Jones from entering Canada.

Opposition slams bill that could keep Koran-burning pastor Jones from entering Canada.(NP).TORONTO — Invited to speak in London, England, last year, Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who gained notoriety for his “International Burn a Koran Day,” never made it because the British government barred him from entering the country for “the public good.”
But with Mr. Jones scheduled to speak in Toronto on Thursday to argue that “Islam is not compatible with Western society,” Canadian immigration officials are saying there is little they can do since they lack similar powers. A bill currently before Parliament would change that, giving the immigration minister the authority to keep out foreign visitors on the grounds of “public policy considerations.” But opposition parties have come out against it. “It’s so vague and all-encompassing, any government for political reasons could almost keep anybody out under ‘public policy considerations,’” Jinny Sims, the NDP immigration critic, said in an interview Tuesday.
“If we’re going to have a criteria for keeping people out, to not allow people access to our country, that criteria needs to be clear, it needs to be specific and we need to see it. It should not be left to the judgment of any minister or any politician.” Liberal MP Irwin Cotler has opposed the bill for the same reason, among others. He said it does not spell out what factors the minister would consider or what checks and balances would ensure the provision wasn’t abused.
Mr. Jones is scheduled to appear on the lawn of the Ontario legislature at 6 p.m. Thursday to take part in a debate about the anti-Islamic video “Innocence of Muslims,” which sparked demonstrations throughout the Muslim world last month. It is still uncertain he will be there. Canada Border Services Agency officers could turn him back if they deem him inadmissible under the existing immigration law, which allows them to exclude visitors considered security threats. “We won’t know that until he attempts to cross the border,” said Allan Einstoss, who is organizing the event.
He said Toronto police had phoned Mr. Jones to inform him of Canadian gun laws and ask if he planned on bringing a copy of “Innocence of Muslims.” The issue of whether the government should have the power to keep out controversial figures has surfaced repeatedly in relation to visits by U.S. neo-Nazis and radical Islamist clerics. An attempt to bar British MP George Galloway in 2009 proved embarrassing for the government and he was eventually let in.Read the full story here.

Update : Anti-Islamic pastor Terry Jones could face border troubles on his way to Toronto this week
Jones claims to have received 400 death threats and that he has a $6.4-million bounty on his head.

Afghan cleric offers $300,000 cash for death of film producer, $100,000 for killing the French cartoonist.

Afghan cleric offers $300,000 cash for death of film producer, $100,000 for killing the French cartoonist.(AA).An Afghan cleric has offered rewards totaling $400,000 for anyone killing the producer of a U.S.-made anti-Islam film and a French cartoonist who drew caricatures of the Muslim prophet Mohammed. “I have offered $300,000 to anyone who kills the anti-Islam film producer and $100,000 for killing the French cartoonist,” Mir Faroq Husaini, a prominent cleric in the western province of Herat, told AFP Sunday. Husaini said he had first announced the reward during a sermon on Friday in a large mosque in the city. “I will sell all my properties, including my lands in Herat, to collect the money,” he said. Afghanistan is a devoutly Muslim nation and perceived insults to religion are taken seriously, often with violent consequences. The “Innocence of Muslims”, a crudely made film that mocks Islam, triggered violent protests in at least 20 countries including Afghanistan after excerpts were posted online last month. Immediately after the film gained notoriety, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons caricaturing the Muslim prophet. A Pakistani government minister last month placed a $100,000 bounty on the head of the maker of the film.
Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour also called on the Taliban and al-Qaeda to join the hunt and help accomplish the “noble deed”.
 Meanwhile, in recent related news, Naveed Haider's print works went into overdrive in neighboring Pakistan, running off hundreds of U.S. flags for angry protesters to burn at demonstrations. Weeks of protests in Pakistan caused serious damage to major cities, but for Haider business is booming. When the mobilization against the U.S. film began, “I knew the tills would start ringing”, said the manager at Panaflex printers, housed in a dilapidated building in Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad and headquarters of the military. “Whenever we have these demonstrations, I make 10 times as much money as normal,” he told AFP in a tiny room that stank of ink, as two huge rollers spat out Stars and Stripes. Sold for between 120 and 1,500 rupees ($1.25 to $16) depending on size and quality, the flags have been snapped up for demonstrations against the film in recent weeks, and Haider watched in delight as his products went up in smoke day after day on the TV news. The boom in the flag market has accompanied a surge in anti-American feeling in Pakistan, which has been battered and bruised by Taliban violence and US drone strikes since joining Washington's “war on terror” in late 2001.Hmmmmm........Islamophobes creating work in Afghanistan.Read the full story here.

Shoebat Exclusive: ‘Innocence of Muslims’… a Game of Predators and Scapegoats.

Shoebat Exclusive: ‘Innocence of Muslims’… a Game of Predators and Scapegoats.By Walid Shoebat.The Innocence of Muslims and the spark of an Islamic revolution can be linked to a handful of culprits. The mystery is unlocked when we review the original YouTube page of one named Sam Bacile (the same name attributed to the filmmaker at one time).
Bacile forgot to cover his tracks, leaving two links to three very crucial videos. On the “Feed” tab are two of those videos. One features a Muslim named Wisam Abdul Waris, uploaded to YouTube on September 9th (linked from the Bacile page no later than September 10th). Wisam’s video was uploaded to Bacile’s page because Bacile commented on the video. Yet, when one attempts to view the comments, all have been scrubbed and the comment feature disabled, though the comment allegedly made by Sam Bacile appears on the “Feed” tab, just above the video.
The second video on the Sam Bacile “Feed” tab is none other Nader Bakkar, from as far back as May of 2012. This video was added to Bacile’s YouTube page as a “Favorite” about one week prior to the embassy attack in Cairo on 9/11.
The third video is on the “Likes” tab of the Sam Bacile YouTube page. It consists of an interview with an English speaking western woman who converted to Islam. Why would a supposed Christian filmmaker “like” this video? Who are these two named Wisam Abdul Waris and Nader Bakkar? Waris and Bakkar, the two main interests on Sam Bacile’s YouTube channel, were the two men we identified back on September 13th as being the two primary culprits behind the Cairo riots on 9/11. These two have been conspicuously absent, all along, from all western media narratives. For example, days after the attacks in Egypt and Libya, Reuters reported an incomplete narrative that the “flashpoint” of the violence was when Sheikh Khalid Abdallah on Al-Nas TV in Egypt aired portions of the film Innocence of Muslims.Read the full story here.

"Innocence Of Muslims" - Welcome to Pallywood II.

"Innocence Of Muslims" - Welcome to Pallywood II.By W.Shoebat.
When it comes to the film Innocence of Muslims, our government and the media uses a narrative mired in contradictions and false statements provided by the filmmaker, who himself is an untrustworthy source. If we stick to what can be proven we might obtain the possibility that terror supporters produced the film. Muhammad Al Dura and Pallywood are two cases in point showing the type of stunts used by Palestinian terrorists. 
So lets examine facts instead of the filmmaker’s fiction. Court documents reveal that Nakoula Bacile Nakoula, producer of the movie Innocence of Muslims, partnered in a scheme with Eiad Salameh, my first cousin. Eiad is a Muslim terror supporter and is not an Egyptian Copt. He comes from Beit Sahour, Bethlehem and is well known by the FBI and the Arab community as a conduit for Middle Easterners who can obtain authentic, legitimate identifications, from passports to credit cards that include many nationalities. He then places these forms of identification into the hands of dubious characters that are not the real identity.
 In fact, I revealed Eiad Salameh way before this whole fiasco erupted—in 2008 and the first reporting on the connection between Eiad and Nakoula was revealed on September 14th, 2012 by the Smoking Gun, which published court documents that prove these two were connected in 2009, as part of a major financial fraud scheme. The narrative that circulates the media fails to address crucial questions about the mystery of this film.The results of this entire Innocence of Muslims fiasco will not be the apprehension of terrorists, but the continual chipping away at our First-Amendment freedoms.
Unfortunately, many Americans still practice self-blame. The film was made in the U.S., a nation that is not used to schemes like Muhammad Al Dura or what was shown in Pallywood.
Welcome to Pallywood II.Read the full story here.

No bail for ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker, jailed over probation.

No bail for ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker, jailed over probation.(AA).An Egyptian-American man behind an anti-Islam film that has stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was arrested on Thursday in California for allegedly violating his probation, and a federal judge ordered him jailed without bond. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was taken into custody at an undisclosed location by U.S. marshals and brought to court in Los Angeles still wearing his street clothes but handcuffed and shackled at the waist. Nakoula has been under investigation by probation officials looking into whether he violated the terms of his 2011 release from prison on a bank fraud conviction while making the film, though authorities have said they were not probing the movie itself. “The court has a lack of trust in the defendant at this time,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal said in refusing Nakoula’s request for bail at a hearing in U.S. District Court.
His crudely made 13-minute video was filmed in California and circulated online under several titles including “Innocence of Muslims.” It mocks the Prophet Mohammed. Nakoula, under the terms of his release from jail, has been barred from accessing the Internet or using aliases without the permission of a probation officer, court records show. He now faces eight probation violation accusations. In denying his request for bail, Segal called him a flight risk and said the Coptic Christian filmmaker who most recently lived in the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos had “engaged in a lengthy pattern of deception,” including using several aliases.
A lawyer for Nakoula expressed concern in court on Thursday for his client’s safety and asked that the hearing be closed to the media. Reporters were not allowed into the hearing but watched from a specially arranged viewing room a block away, and the judge ordered that a camera filming the proceedings for closed-circuit viewing not show Nakoula’s face. Defense attorney Steve Seiden, in asking for Nakoula’s release on $10,000 bond, argued unsuccessfully that he had stayed in touch with probation officials even while in hiding. “It’s a danger for him to be in custody at Metropolitan Detention Center due to the large Muslim population there,” Seiden said, referring to the federal jail in downtown Los Angeles where Nakoula would likely be housed.Read the full story here.

Shoebat: "Innocence of Muslims Film was Made by Terrorists."

Shoebat: "Innocence of Muslims Film was Made by Terrorists."By Walid Shoebat.There is more to the story of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula than what we are told by the media. Court documents reveal that Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, producer of the movie Innocence of Muslims, partnered in a scheme with Eiad Salameh, my first cousin, a Palestinian Muslim from Beit Sahour in the Palestinian district of Bethlehem. To prove my claim, I revealed Eiad Salameh long before this whole fiasco erupted—in 2008 and the first real reportage of Eiad and Nakoula was revealed on September 14th, 2012.
Now do I have your attention?
The narrative that circulates the media fails to answer crucial questions behind the mystery of this film. For example, to date, no one has stepped forward or can confirm for certain that whoever holds an identity by the name of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is that man’s true identity. In the Middle East, if a man by the name of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula indeed exists while being blamed for creating a mess of international proportions—which included the anger of over one billion Muslims—it would not be that difficult to find the entire family in Egypt, including brothers, cousins, aunts, siblings wife, wives, ex-wives, mistresses, pets and all. In the Middle East, no one can hide. Egypt is where the demonstrations that have taken place all over the Middle East and Asia were sparked. Yet, it cannot produce this man’s background?
Besides, why would Nakoula, who claims to be a religious Coptic activist, have extensive connections with Eiad? My cousin hated Copts with a passion and is well-known in the Middle East as a master schemer, probably one of the best the Middle East has produced. He also has multiple contacts with terror networks. Eiad is from Beit Sahour, Bethlehem. He is a dubious individual who was well known in the Arab community as the main contact for obtaining authentic, legitimate identifications from passports to credit cards, under many nationalities. He then places these identifications into the hands of dubious characters whose names are not the names written on the passports. Eiad is a Muslim terror supporter and is not an Egyptian Copt. Both my cousin Eiad and whoever this man is who pretends to be Nakoula, had multiple, fraudulent identifications and the two connected for a decade in multiple scheming operations—the type that usually links to terrorism.Read the full story here.

Video - Ezra Levant: "Does Innocence Of Muslims Pass The Free Speech Test?"

Ezra and Brooke Goldstein of The Lawfare Project agree: the Libyan attacks are not about some film. They were planned Al-Qaeda terrorism.