LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California man behind a
crudely produced anti-Islamic video that has
inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested
Thursday for violating terms of his probation,
authorities said.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, has been on
probation for a 2010 federal check fraud
conviction that brought a 21-month prison
sentence. Under terms of his probation, he was
not to use computers or the Internet for five years
without approval from his probation officer.

Nakoula was taken into custody Thursday, said
U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thomas Mrozek.

A U.S. District Court hearing was scheduled for
Nakoula on Thursday afternoon. It was closed to
media and the public.

Protests have erupted around the Middle East
over a 14-minute trailer for the film "Innocence of
Muslims" that depicts Prophet Muhammad as a
womanizer, religious fraud and child molester.
Though the trailer was posted to YouTube in July,
the violence didn't break out until Sept. 11 and
has spread since.


Nakoula, a Christian originally from Egypt, went
into hiding after he was identified as the man
behind the trailer.


The full story about Nakoula and the film still isn't
known.

The movie was made last year by a man who
called himself Sam Bacile. After the violence
erupted, a man who identified himself as Bacile
called media outlets including The Associated
Press, took credit for the film and said it was
meant to portray the truth about Muhammad and
Islam, which he called a cancer.

The next day, the AP determined there was no
Bacile and linked the identity to Nakoula, a former
gas station owner with a drug conviction and a
history of using aliases. Federal authorities later
confirmed there was no Bacile and that Nakoula
was behind the movie.

Before going into hiding, Nakoula acknowledged
to the AP he was involved with the film, but said
he only worked on logistics and management.


A film permit listed Media for Christ, a Los
Angeles-area charity run by other Egyptian
Christians, as the production company. Most of
the film was made at the charity's headquarters.
Steve Klein, an insurance agent in Hemet and
outspoken Muslim critic, has said he was a
consultant and promoter for the film.

The trailer still can be found on YouTube. The
Obama administration asked Google, YouTube's
parent, to take down the video but. the company
has refused, saying it did not violate its content
standards.

Meantime, a number of actors and workers on the
film have come forward to say they were duped.
They say they were hired for a film titled "Desert
Warrior" and there was no mention of Islam or
Muhammad in the script. Those references were
dubbed in after filming was completed.

Actress Cindy Lee Garcia has sued to get the
trailer taken down, saying she was duped.





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