7 November 2012 - 20:30

The maker of anti-Islam film that sparked protests across the Muslim world was sentenced to a year in federal prison for probation violations in an unrelated matter.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Shortly after Mark Bassely Youssef left the courtroom, he issued a provocative statement through his attorney.

“The one thing he wanted me to tell all of you is President Obama may have gotten Osama bin Laden, but he didn’t kill the ideology,” his lawyer, Steven Seiden, quoted Youssef as saying.

The sentence on Wednesday was the result of a plea bargain between lawyers for Youssef and federal prosecutors.

Youssef admitted in open court that he had used several false names in violation of his probation order and obtained a driver’s license under a false name. He was on probation for a bank fraud case.

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