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Bizarre YouTube clip ‘Innocence of Muslims’ infuriated faithful, baffled media

WASHINGTON (MCT) — The mysterious movie that sparked furious protests at U.S. embassies across the Middle East this week might not even exist.

The film “Innocence of Muslims” appears to be little more than a hokey, badly dubbed YouTube clip promoted by a handful of fringe Christian fanatics bent on provoking a violent response from the Muslim world. They got their wish after the amateurish YouTube “trailer” went viral online and was aired by an Arabic satellite channel.

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