This document discusses the anti-Islam video "Innocence of Mohammad" and the widespread violent protests it sparked across the Muslim world. It notes the video was produced by a radical Christian using a pseudonym and seems designed to provoke hardliners. The document then reviews some history of blasphemy incidents involving Islam. It outlines the global reaction and violence that followed the release of the anti-Islam video, including attacks that killed Americans in Libya and Afghanistan. Finally, it discusses debates around freedom of speech versus cultural sensitivities and possible causes of increased Islamophobia in the West.