Egypt considers death penalty for 'Innocence of Muslims' filmmaker, Terry Jones, 6 others

Jenn Taylor | 11:53 AM on September 18, 2012

Egypt has issued arrest warrants for eight individuals linked to “Innocence of Muslims,” the crappy film the Obama administration blames for deadly mob violence in the Middle East.

Charges, which could result in the death penalty, are being brought against Florida Pastor Terry Jones, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man thought to be behind the film, and six other Coptic Christians.

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Fla. pastor Terry Jones is among those listed on an Egyptian arrest warrant related to that anti-Islam film: http://t.co/Q9CKwno1

— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) September 18, 2012

The Associated Press reports on the absurd theatrics aimed at soothing hurt Muslim feelings:

Egypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that has sparked riots across the Muslim world.

The case is largely symbolic since the seven men and one woman are believed to be outside of Egypt and unlikely to travel to the country to face the charges. Instead, the prosecutor’s decision to take legal appears aimed at absorbing at least some of the public anger over the amateur film, which portrays the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, womanizer and buffoon.

The prosecutor hopes to bring charges of “harming national unity, insulting and publicly attacking Islam and spreading false information.” We eagerly await the Obama administration’s response.