(NPR) What We Know About ‘Sam Bacile,’ The Man Behind The Muhammad Movie

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Most Americans knew nothing about "Innocence of Muslims." That's the film that has set the Muslim world on fire, causing protests in Egypt and Libya that led to the death of the U.S. envoy to Libya, Christopher Stevens.

The bottom line is that we know very little about "Sam Bacile," the man who says he produced the film and who says Sam Bacile is his name. The Wall Street Journal caught up with Bacile before he went into hiding. (Update at 3:34 p.m. ET. Some of the claims made in this interview have come under question. We've updated this post — read below — to reflect that.....)

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