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Innocence of Muslims Director Jailed, World May Never Hear What He's Got to Say For Himself

Adrian Chen · 09/28/12 04:33PM

Now that Obama's weighed in, just about everyone on Earth has spoken up about bizarre Innocence of Muslims trailer that sparked violent protests in the Middle East. Everyone, that is, except the man largely believe to be responsible for it: the 55-year-old Coptic Christian former gas station owner named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. We may not hear from him for a while, now that he's been imprisoned for parole violations and could face up to three years in prison.

Pakistani Cabinet Minister Puts $100,000 Bounty On Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker's Head

Adrian Chen · 09/24/12 10:19AM

Pakistani Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has offered $100,000 to anyone who kills the man who made the low-budget anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims, calling on al-Qaeda and the Taliban to help in the "noble cause". 55-year-old Coptic Christian Californian Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is believed to be the man behind the film. This has caused a bit of a PR problem for Bilour's party which is secular and stridently anti-Taliban and al-Qaeda. Let's hope Bilour isn't a Girls fan. Who knows what hell he might unleash on Emmy voters after last night's snub.