'''Nakoula Basseley Nakoula''' (lahir 1957) <ref name="isikoff2012"/> adalah seorang penganut [[Koptik|Kristen Koptik]] berkebangsaan [[Mesir]]-[[Amerika]] yang dikenal sebagai penulis [[skenario]], [[produser]], dan distributor dari film [[Islamofobia|anti-Islam]] ''[[Innocence of Muslims]]''.<ref name="flaccus2012">Flaccus, Gillian (September 12, 2012). [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20120913234314/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifWYKzUPaqJJsJ5aj-58K0JCL1Fg?docId=91c9d18979f24144ba8ea358237f046f California man confirms role in anti-Islam film.] [[Associated Press]]</ref><ref name="nissbaum">Nissbaum, Dion; Oberman, James; Orden, Erica (September 12, 2012). [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443884104577647691429314660.html Behind Video, a Web of Questions.] ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''</ref><ref name="smiley">Smiley, Brett (September 13, 2012). [http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/ap-sam-belice-man-behind-anti-islam-film.html Mystery Man Behind the Anti-Islam Film May Have Been Identified.] ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''</ref><ref name="Economy">Economy, Randy (September 13, 2012). [http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2012/09/13/world-media-converge-on-quiet-cerritos-cul-da-sac-in-search-of-anti-islamic-film-maker/ World media converge on quiet Cerritos cul-de-sac in search of Anti-Islamic film maker.] MediaNews Group</ref> Trailer film ini diunggah ke [[YouTube]] pada tanggal 2 Juli 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmodVun16Q4&feature=plcp&bpctr=1347752210 |title=Muhammad Movie Trailer |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=September 16, 2012}}</ref> dan kemudian dialih-suarakan ke dalam [[bahasa Arab]]. Film ini memicu berbagai aksi protes dan kerusuhan di berbagai kota di dunia, termasuk serangan terhadap diplomatik Amerika Serikat di [[Libya]] yang menewaskan Duta Besar [[Christopher Stevens]].