You could Have Fooled Me

From the Detroit Free Press: As anger flared across the Muslim world Friday over an anti-Islam video from the U.S., the religious leader of Michigan's largest mosque slammed Islamic extremists for attacking U.S. embassies and urged Muslims not to react violently to attacks on their prophet.
And he urged the U.S. to do more to stop the people behind the video and those who are promoting it.
"Somehow, they should be stopped," said Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. "The U.S. response should be much more stronger than verbal condemnation."
Al-Qazwini attended the annual Eid dinner Thursday night at the State Department in Washington with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who spoke about the attacks on U.S. facilities that resulted in four deaths in Libya.
Clinton said the violence was not justified, a view that was echoed by Al-Qazwini. He said Islam teaches that ambassadors and other guests should always be welcomed.
"This is not what Islam preaches," Al-Qazwini said of the fatal attacks. "There is no way we can tolerate killing."
At the same time, he said we can't "sit and watch" as the anti-Islam video is promoted.
"We can do more to stop inciting violence," he said. Allowing the movie has "broader ramifications for our troops, diplomats and Americans abroad."
The filmmaker and those who support the movie, such as Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones of Florida, "have blood on their hands," he said.  http://www.freep.com/article/20120915/NEWS05/309150151/Dearborn-imam-Violence-not-what-Islam-preaches?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
So, this Muslim religious leader says the film that was produced (which is basically seen only seen on You Tube) was the reason the Muslims rioted and that the film makers had blood on their hands.
No, the film makers don't have blood on their hands.  The film makers are stupid, arrogant and out looking for attention.  But they did not make Muslims go out and riot.  They did not make Muslims go out and attack embassies, kill people or basically act stupid.
And apparently, this Imam doesn't realize that the United States is a progressive country that has freedom of speech and we tolerate what other people say, unlike the Muslim countries int he Middle East who are only a stone throw or two from the caveman days.  And they are afraid of people who actually think for themselves and they are afraid of women being free.
And for this Imam to say that Islam is a peaceful religion, well, that is news to me, considering how many thousands of people killed over the past 25 years in the name of Islam.
So, to the Imam, you are lucky enough to spout your views in the United States.  Just think, if the United States were the Christian equivalent of Afghanistan, the good Imam would have killed for his views.