ISTANBUL
Sam Bacile, the producer of the two-hour movie "Innocence of Muslims", has admitted that his film was intended to be a provocative statement condemning Islam.
Bacile, a U.S. citizen of Israeli descent producer and director of the film, confessed to U.S. Wall Street Journal that it is a political film.
"Islam is a cancer, period, and Muslims are bugs that need to be destroyed and I show with my movie that Islam is a religion of hatred," Bacile told the U.S. daily.
The movie attacking Islam's Holy Prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three American members of his staff were killed.
"It cost $5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors and I made it for Israel," said Bacile who also admitted that he was supported by priest Terry Jones who set a copy of Holy Quran on fire in Florida, U.S.
