By NBC News staff and wire reportsCAIRO -- A U.S.-based Egyptian-American said to be behind the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" and six other Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Cairo Wednesday.
The film, which insulted the prophet Muhammad, sparked violent protests and attacks on U.S. embassies across the Middle East when it was released in September. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/12/13826542-us-ambassador-chris-stevens-was-courageous-and-exemplary-obama-says?lite) were killed in what is now accepted as a terrorist attack during a protest at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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