Eric Allen Bell

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Eric Allen Bell (born August 27, 1973) [1] is a documentary film writer and director. His work includes Bondage (2006), and he has worked with Michael Moore. [2] In 2012, he received significant media coverage for his views on Islam. He was involved in a dispute over the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. [3] [4] [5] He initially supported the mosque, but then became critical of Islam. [6] [7] He was a contributor to the Daily Kos, [8] but after a series of posts critical of Islam, he was banned from the website. He then became a self-styled counter-jihad activist, and in 2012 he claimed to have received a wave of death threats as he was mistakenly thought to have made the trailer for Innocence of Muslims . [9] [2] [10] He stated that "Four Pakistani newspapers have accused me of being the filmmaker and called for my death," and that "I have been moved to a number of safe houses. I cannot go outside and I have been advised not to stand near windows." [2]

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