Is anti-muslim film "Innocence of Muslims" back on YouTube?

There has been ongoing a lot of discussion about the 12-year-old banned controversial anti-muslim film “Innocence of Muslims” back on YouTube. This article addresses concerns about whether YouTube has re-uploaded this controversial film after 12 years.

The social media has stormed with condemnation posts in response to news of re-uploading a banned film on YouTube. The rumors are circulating on social media that YouTube first released a 13-minute trailer for “Innocence of Muslims.” Later, they released a full 74-minute movie on its platform.

Moreover, netizens also shared that YouTube has declined to remove this derogatory movie about Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H). Hence, they are urging people to stop using YouTube and Google in retaliation. They are also insisting on sharing this news as much as possible with other netizens to spread this message across worldwide Muslims.

Because they believe that their boycott of YouTube and Google for three days will cost them a loss of over $210 million. So, this action will force them to remove the anti-muslim film from YouTube.

However, the question is the anti-muslim film “Innocence of Muslims” back on YouTube? YouTube has not uploaded a trailer or full video of this film. This movie has a long-conflicting history since its release on June 23, 2012.

Massive protests outbroke in the Muslim world in the Middle East and other countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, and others. These protests turned upside-down geo-political circumstances and became violent in many Muslim countries urging governments to ban YouTube.

Many Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Jordan, and Egypt banned YouTube in retaliation. Several religious scholars passed a verdict to kill movie staff who played their roles in this film creation.

After two chaotic years, the federal US court ordered Google (owned by YouTube) to remove this controversial film in 2014. Then, US President Barack Obama ordered Google to remove this film following the riots in America and other parts of the world.

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An Egyptian-American writer and producer, Mark Basseley Youssef, made this film. He was also a promoter of “Innocence of Muslims.” This film mocks Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and describes Islam as a “cancer.” It portrayed the Prophet as a foolish and child-molested person.

Because of insulting and derogatory depictions of Islam and Muslims’ scared prophet Muhammad (P.B.UH). Muslims are emotionally very triggered and sensitive in this matter. Hence, they have become involved in a boycott campaign against YouTube and Google.

However, it is an incomprehensible act to instigate news without proper research and fact-checking as it raises the question of the conscience of Muslims in the world.