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International response to the reactions to ''Innocence of Muslims'' varied greatly. The 2012 diplomatic missions attacks began on September 11, 2012. Widespread early news coverage said that the protests were a spontaneous response to an online preview of a movie considered offensive to Muslims. Later consideration of the Libya attack's complexity, of statements made by some Libyan officials, and of the potentially symbolic date (the anniversary of the September 11 attacks) fueled speculation of preplanned efforts. Missions in Cairo, Egypt, and Benghazi, Libya, were attacked during the first day of the protest. The Benghazi attacks killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, U.S. security contractors Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, and ten Libyan policemen;〔(Libyan guards killed in US consulate attack )〕 and injured two others. ==Egypt== Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil condemned violence, saying: "What happened at the U.S. embassy in Cairo is regrettable and () rejected by all Egyptian people and cannot be justified, especially if we consider that the people that produced this low film have no relation to the U.S. government. We ask the American government to take a firm position towards this film's producers within the framework of international charters that criminalise acts that stir strife on the basis of race, color or religion." Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a statement 24 hours after the event, saying: "The presidency deplores the most vicious attempt to insult the person of Muhammad and condemns people who produced this extremist film" and asked President Obama to "act against the film". It added that the President had instructed Egyptian Embassy in the U.S. to "take possible legal action to respond to those persons who seek to sabotage the relations and dialogue between peoples and nations."〔 The site Onislam, which is affiliated with Al Azhar, issued a fatwa condemning the violence.〔(Attacking U.S. embassies for Prophet Film: Illegal? - Relations during Peace - counsels - OnIslam.net )〕 Al Azhar itself issued a fatwa condemning the violence.〔("Al-Azhar Scholars Condemn Offensive Prophet Film", OnIslam.net )〕 The initial reactions of President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood were received coldly in the US. Both American media, policy experts and President Obama contrasted the allegedly insufficient and "mild" Egyptian reaction with the Libyan reaction, which they praised. Martin S. Indyk, a former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, criticized the "precious little" that Egyptian police did "the fourth time an embassy was assaulted in Cairo,"〔 while others criticized that the Morsi's 24-hour wait〔〔〔 before his allegedly "mild" initial rebuke of the embassy attack, which allegedly seemed to focus more on condemnation of film.〔〔〔〔 In an interview, Obama remarked that though Egypt was not hostile, it was not "necessarily an ally,"〔〔 though the administration later backed off from this statement.〔 In a late-night phone call, Obama warned Morsi that relations could be jeopardized if Egypt failed to protect diplomats.〔〔 Two days after, a particular Arabic release by the Brotherhood saying "Egyptians rise up to support Muhammad in front of the American Embassy. Sept. 11," was attacked by the U.S. embassy in a statement.〔 Responding to this criticism, both Morsi and the Brotherhood took a much harder line against the embassy attacks, promising charges against those who scaled the embassy's walls, offering condolences for Stevens' death, and appearing on Egyptian television, telling Egyptians of their "religious duty to protect our guests and those who come to us from outside our nation...I know that the people attacking the embassies do not represent any of us."〔 Meanwhile, one Muslim Brotherhood spokesman defended its rhetoric, saying they balanced anger at the film with urging restraint, while its strategist, Khairat el-Shater wrote a letter to the NY Times, explaining that "Despite our resentment of the continued appearance of productions like the anti-Muslim film that led to the current violence, we do not hold the American government or its citizens responsible for acts of the few that abuse the laws protecting freedom of expression."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International response to the reactions to Innocence of Muslims」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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