Christian charity, ex-con linked to film on Islam
Los Angeles Times / Harriet Ryan & Jessica Garrison
14-Sep-2012 (one comment)

One ran a low-profile Christian charity from a sleepy suburb east of Los Angeles. The other was a financially strapped gas station operator just out of federal prison.

In the last year, these men, both Egyptian immigrants, became unlikely collaborators in an endeavor that has shaken the stability of the Middle East. 

[Nakoula Basseley Nakoula] was convicted on state drug charges in 1997. In 2010, he was convicted in an identity theft scheme. According to the court file, Nakoula, who ran gas stations in Hawaiian Gardens, operated under a dizzying array of aliases, including Kritbag Difrat. He was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and was released last summer.

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Arab Spring's Side Effects

by Examiner on Fri Sep 14, 2012 03:46 PM PDT

As the U.S. State Department has done in recent days, Western governments and media should unequivocally distance themselves from the makers and distributers of the “Innocence of Muslims.” Their hiding behind the freedom of speech disclaimer only emboldens extremists and encourages conspiracy theorists.

 

This news report is a step in the right direction. 

 


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