"Innocence of Muslims" sparked protests throughout the world. (J-Yiu, Creative Commons)

He called the protesters in Cairo and Benghazi “honest and zealous” and claimed that although the U.S. had allowed the production of the film as an exercise of freedom of expression, “this freedom did not prevent them from torturing Muslim prisoners.”

The “Innocence of Muslims” was created by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, an Egyptian-born American citizen, and sparked protests throughout the Middle East.

Read more of Neon Tommy's coverage of the unrest in the Middle East here.

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