I definitely agree with SvennoJ that the video is being used on some fronts as a tool to manipulate.

Not all of these riots are based on grassroots mobilization; in many cases religious or political leaders are using the video to distract citizens from high unemployment, corruption, cronyism, etc.

I'd also say this: there are different viewpoints at work here, based on religious and political traditions, and centuries of jurisprudence. As a result, sometimes you see a disconnect between the rights of the individual and the rights of the community.

Essentially it was a successful troll attempt. Mock the religion in ways that are patently false to piss off the people who you *know* will overreact, and in turn validate the stereotypes.

It is not that mocking Islam is "not allowed" and mocking Christianity is "allowed". If you look into the countries that had uproars (Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan, etc...) you will see that they were either politically unstable, poor, or had serious security issues. They were in a state of uproar in the first place and some were facing decades of oppression, poverty, and even bombed by the US, all recipes that cause violence to very easily ignite.

And NO! It is not justified for Muslims to kill. Murdering a single innocent human soul in Islam is likened to murdering all of humanity. The video makers are TROLLING (as Mr Khan has mentioned) because they know these people will react violently (EXACTLY what a troll wants to acheive). The best way to treat a troll is to ignore him and not make such a big deal out of it. Even the Quran mentions that mockery should be ignored.

A few things.

• A lot of the protests seem to attribute this to the American government because those countries don't really have non-state-run media.
• The countries are poorer so people have naturally turned to more extreme forms of religion.
• Islam hasn't had as long to calm down as Christianity has.
• There's a lot of gain to be had by some people by inciting religious hatred. See: al-Qaeda.
• I almost want that video to be taken down to spare people the agony of watching it. Dear god, is that thing terrible.

This had such a reaction because they found it offensive, But i LOL at this regardless. It appears, muslims take their faith very seriously like mormons. Anyway, i watched some of the film, and it was shit. Just bad acting, looked like it was done on the cheap. 

It's not so much illegal as people who depict mohammad should be killed.  Well... Sunni Muslims.

Short reason being, they'd look at the little crosses with Jesus on them and see that as Idoltry, and worshiping jesus, not god himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad

Christians are mocked 24/7 and you never seem them do this shit.

Thats the Deep South..

mormons dont kill people over online videos

They still take there stupid beliefs way too seriously