"...On the outside walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, protesters scribbled graffiti slogans of battle. “Take care America, we have 1.5 billion bin Ladens,” says one. “Khaybar, Khaybar ... O Jews, the army of Muhammad is coming,” another reads. (Khaybar refers to a fortress town inhabited by Jewish tribes in Saudi Arabia until its fall to Muslim forces in the seventh century)....
In a televised address Thursday, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, denounced the attacks on embassies but said that he supports peaceful protests.
“Expressing opinion, freedom to protest and announcing positions is guaranteed but without assaulting private or public property, diplomatic missions or embassies.” He also warned those who attacked the prophet Mohammed. In a separate statement on Wednesday, Morsi called upon the Egyptian Embassy in Washington to take legal action against the filmmakers, who include Los Angeles resident Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, as well as Florida pastor Terry Jones, who publicly threatened to burn the Quran in 2010, inciting deadly riots in Afghanistan. ..."
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