The violence/protests is more probably due to political reasons. The US, unfortunately, has a long history of supporting the oppressive governments in the Muslim world (with only a couple exceptions such as Libya), as well as supporting Israel, which basically treats the Palestinian civilian population as military targets. Combined with the fact that two million Iraqi children died due to sanctions (which was "worth it") so the US could protect its oil supply, the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan & the torture camps they put up there (Bagram air base), I mean....basically tensions have been festering for a long time, and it's safe to say that, were it not for US-imposed tyrannical regimes in that area, there wouldn't even have been a need for an "Arab Spring".

That being said, I think the video being put up on YouTube is actually a good opportunity for Muslims to dispel myths/misconceptions about the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), such as the violence, marriage with a young Aisha, etc...

And regarding that last point - the hardcore right-wing conservatives have only been bringing this up ever since the controversy erupted over priests molesting children. They've repeated the lie so many times, it's become "true" - without anyone ever verifying the information (a sad testament to the level of gullibility of the masses). Here's a little video about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-dBftRbz94&feature=related

All right folks, I'm Muslim (gasp)....
There are actually no "texts" in the Qur'an that say to "kill people", those are only a few verses taken out of context and fed to the public by the right-wing with political motivations. It is absolutely haram (forbidden) in Islam to kill a person - even if they committed a crime deserving capital punishment. (In that case, they must be taken to court and proven to be guilty without a strand of a doubt. Much more burden of proof than is required to put someone on death row today, BTW. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said "It is better to free ten guilty people than to punish one innocent person.")

Your post's low rating of 1, unfortunately, is a sign of how deep the Jobs-worship has become here. Seriously people - something can be insightful that doesn't agree with your opinion, too.

For a guy who said "Let the revenue come in first, then worry about philanthropy" when asked why Apple didn't donate to philanthropic causes.

Also for a guy who was known to be not someone you'd like to meet in the elevator...

...and am glad it was done then. While in some Muslim societies men get circumcised later on in life, I'm glad it was done when I could have no recollection of it.

Also, female circumcision (FGM), the way it is practiced today in some middle-eastern societies (by both Muslims and non-Muslims) existed long before Islam and is completely forbidden in Islam. Islam actually encourages sexual pleasure for men and women in marriage. Many Islamic scholars worldwide have condemned FGM; however, their voices are not heard by the mainstream news media.

Actually, most people blindly accept whatever they hear about Islam from the media, without taking into account the veracity of their source of information. In fact verifying the source of one's information as scientifically as possible is the basis for the science of hadith: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith_studies

Ok, then don't cut your hair, don't trim your beard (whether you are a male or female), don't cut your nails, and never shave your armpit/pubic hair.

We were "made like that", after all.

Really, /. ? Just picking on Saudis? Read the above comments - vast majority are something like "ha ha camel jockeys" or "lol those sily talibans", racist generations, things like that...

You know, based on the comments in almost every middle-east related story, (although they are great engineers) most slash dotters apparently have no ability to filter out political-driven propaganda and news reports, unfortunately.

Well, to be perfectly objective, anti-religious or irreligious governments/groups, since becoming popular in relatively recent history, have a much worse track record of oppression and human rights abuses.

I'd +1 you if I could.

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Not true. Only after Bill Gates and Paul Allen already had a company with serious profits, did Bill invite Steve in.

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/05/paul-allen-201105

What's wrong with exposing your kids to videos of teens murdering people or extreme violence done to people and animals? Why are we tolerant to videos of sex/porn and not violence? Why not go full-on, what's with this 50/50 nonsense?

I take the BART every day to work (Fremont to SF). While many stations are underground, when the trains leave the stations they are above-ground and can use normal (non-BART controlled) reception. Most of the time, the BART travels above-ground, not underground. (Also, even with the underground antennas on, the reception is still terrible, so you wouldn't want to make a call anyway.) Also, the wifi sucks, i just use tethering.

True; easy solution. Instead, the Israeli professor chose to insult RMS and question his dedication to 'freedom'.

To elaborate 'Weak passwords': Their passwords were hashed using the MD5 algorithm, and no salt. These passwords can be easily decrypted using online tools like http://www.md5decrypter.com/