MOSCOW, December 7 - RAPSI. Belgium's terror alert has been increased to a level three out of a possible four levels in the days leading up to the release of a film that is expected to prove highly incendiary due to its portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad, local media outlet Flanders News reported Friday.

The film at issue is called The Innocent Prophet: Life of Muhammad from the Point of View of an Ex-Muslim, and is set to be released online on December 14. It was produced by former Muslim Imran Firasat in cooperation with infamous American pastor Terry Jones.

The film is expected to be extremely provocative. Illustrating this point, when speaking about the film in a trailer launched ahead of its release, Firasat explained: "If we want to know the truth of Islam, we must go deep into the life of Mohamed to find out whether he was a genuine profit sent by God or was he simply a child molester, assassin, and a self-proclaimed profit."

Jones issued a release on his advocacy website stating the intended purpose of the film: "It is our hope and desire that we can present a picture of Muhammad that has possibly not been revealed in the past, that will help people in the Western world, and even Muslims, to better understand this person called Muhammad, his life and teachings. Because as we do that we can better understand Islam and the reaction of Islam around the world as Islam is questioned or criticized."

Jones gained notoriety last year when he attempted to stage a national Koran-burning day on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

With controversy always at arm's length, he was sentenced to death by the Cairo Criminal Court in Egypt last Thursday for his role in the creation and distribution of the film trailer for Innocence of Muslims, a low-grade film aimed at discrediting Islam by depicting the Prophet Mohamed as a pervert.

Its release evoked a rage that soon boiled over into anti-American protests across the world.