Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday blasted an anti-Muslim movie trailer — which is believed to have sparked violent protests at U.S. embassies in Egypt and Yemen — as “disgusting and reprehensible.”
Clinton, in remarks aimed at tamping down anger in the Muslim world, stressed the United States government had “absolutely nothing to do” with its production.
“Let me state very clearly, and I hope it is obvious, that the United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video,” Clinton said at a press conference in Washington.
“We absolutely reject its content and message. America’s commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation, and as you know, we are home to people of all religions, many of whom came to this country seeking the right to exercise their own religion, including of course, millions of Muslims, and we have the greatest respect for people of faith.”
The crude film, which features an unflattering portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad, remains shrouded in mystery. There are conflicting reports over who created it, how it was translated it into Arabic, and whether an actual movie exists at all.
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Why does “religious tolerance” or any other form of tolerance, not extend to somebody choosing to poke fun at a religious figure?
Why does religious tolerance trump free speech? They should both be embraced.
y is it not rather reprehensible to belong to a religion of fanatics who excuse violent rotten behavior from their own but never tolerate anyone elses beliefs. point the blame where it belongs firstly to the perpetrators and secondly to those who encourage this behavior thru their lack of strengh in denouncing this behavior(aka obama the appeaser- maybe its time for him to go back to the ME and bow down to some more tyrants)
Clinton is kissing up to Arabs , if the musalims don’t like they don’t have to go and see it not kill people , they can kill them selfs that is ok, this administration just stinks
If our “arab allies” would give their people real freedom and allow them to see america the beautiful and free the way it really is, than clinton wouldn’t have to say such stupid things that are obvious