As Twitchy reported earlier, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania is calling for the imprisonment of Sam Bacile, an Israeli filmmaker whose “Innocence of Muslims” is being blamed by many for yesterday’s bloody attacks in Egypt and Libya. Bacile’s crime? Making a lousy movie that depicts Mohammed as a fraud, among other things. Muslims believe any depiction of Mohammed is a serious offense.
Bacile, fearing for his life, has gone into hiding. But for many Muslims, that is not enough. They launched the #RuinSamBacile hashtag this morning to express their outrage and make further threats on Bacile.
As we saw last night, there were Muslims who took offense to the anti-American protests and rightfully condemned the attacks. And today, a handful of those angered by Bacile’s film asked for a relatively level-headed approach to the anger:
#RuinSamBacile He will get what's coming to him, everyone lets do this peacefully.
— Baba Yaga (@Billllyyy) September 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/UsmanIbn/status/245919892103131136
https://twitter.com/SabaKAhmed/status/245928648224407552
Unfortunately, their calls went largely unheeded. A storm of condemnation and threats poured forth:
https://twitter.com/ZaraCereal/status/245913278298066944
https://twitter.com/_Rukayah/status/245915912740433920
https://twitter.com/Hijabrella/status/245914935903797249
https://twitter.com/Nazz_Cornwallis/status/245925935222755329
https://twitter.com/Relytsikcaj/status/245929469490114560
https://twitter.com/_sagalahmed/status/245925858706092032
https://twitter.com/_Atekka/status/245926195449978880
https://twitter.com/FarzanaAli_/status/245930391737868288
https://twitter.com/j_sabre/status/245929692174090241
https://twitter.com/RumannahC/status/245914252274176000
https://twitter.com/SabrinaJaaay/status/245917309657563138
#RuinSamBacile How can you make a movie about the prophet, are you asking to die? LOOOOL
— Azra Waka (@Azra595) September 12, 2012
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may ALLAH burn this guys in hell ! we do not forgive! #ruinsambacile
— *Workyosh* (@fariz_mohdnor) September 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/missdeyr/status/245918101923852288
https://twitter.com/__Ateeq/status/245913153240711169
.#RuinSamBacile He will be punished
— Mr T (@Thanvir_) September 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/DhaalPower/status/245926147811053570
Those impatient for Bacile’s eternal punishment offered to help take care of killing him themselves:
https://twitter.com/KiLLuMiNaTi707/status/245925972598210560
https://twitter.com/KiLLuMiNaTi707/status/245929373990006784
https://twitter.com/j_sabre/status/245928769951506432
https://twitter.com/RajaSwoop/status/245920604715380737
https://twitter.com/zhbkhan927/status/245926398341021696
Anti-semitic filth naturally sprang up:
#RuinSamBacile . Stupid prick- this is why I'm influenced to dislike Jews
— Mullan. (@UmarMullan) September 12, 2012
#RuinSamBacile … What do you expect? He's a jew. I think Jews have took it a step too far
— Mullan. (@UmarMullan) September 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/AlgerianMind/status/245930415590895616
https://twitter.com/g_hasan/status/245916846333767680
#RuinSamBacile jews are our true enemy, this is why over 100jews funded the film. Never be friends with one, even if he/she is just a child!
— ~ (@KKKPashtuna) September 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/HijabiGodfather/status/245922650894000128
It’s worth noting that HijabiGodfather tweeted this shortly thereafter:
https://twitter.com/HijabiGodfather/status/245925473421500416
Civility for me, but not for thee. Funny how that works.
America prides itself on freedom of speech. Like it or not, in our eyes, men like Bacile should be allowed to express their points of view, no matter how objectionable we may find them.
It's not freedom of speech to insult someone else's religion just because you don't agree with their beliefs. #RuinSamBacile
— ? (@_Atekka) September 12, 2012
Yes it is. And while the clown running the U.S. embassy in Cairo’s Twitter account may say otherwise, hurt feelings are not justification for riots — or murder.
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