Dutch Must Show Anti-Islam Film

[Loyalist]

The Danish cartoonist behind drawings satirising the Prophet Muhammad has urged a Dutch lawmaker to air an anti-Islam film despite Muslim outrage.

Kurt Westergaard said MP Geert Wilders should show his film, despite government warnings that this would damage Dutch interests.

He said that no Danish politician would dare to block the film.

Mr Westergaard's cartoons in a Danish paper triggered riots by Muslims in many countries in 2006... (continues)

...Mr Wilders originally said he would release his 15-minute film in March, but is under pressure from the Dutch media and officials not to show it.

He has revealed that his work is entitled Fitna, an Arabic word meaning strife or discord, usually in a religious context.

The lawmaker has said it show how the Koran is "an inspiration for intolerance, murder and terror".

Last week, the Netherlands raised its terrorism alert level to "substantial", partly due to the expected release of the film.

At the weekend, thousands of people in Afghanistan rallied against the reprinting of the cartoons and also condemned the planned release of Mr Wilders' film.

Mr Wilders' project has been criticised in Iran and Pakistan.

In the past, Mr Wilders - who leads the Freedom Party - has called for the Koran to be banned and likened it to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Mr Wilders has had police protection since Dutch director Theo Van Gogh was killed by a radical Islamist in 2004.

Mr Van Gogh's film Submission included verses from the Koran shown against a naked female body.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7287973.stm

[BeornWulfWer]

Has it really come to that when you have to ask for permission to release a film AND be scared of the invaders reaction?

I say erect 20 foot screens in all European towns and centres and blast out the film at full volume.

Let them understand that they are in OUR countries and not theirs.

[Leof]

Considering the worst of the riots happen in the middle east, showing anti-Islamic literature and cinema is only beneficial in the long run.

[Beornulf]

The lawmaker has said it show how the Koran is "an inspiration for intolerance, murder and terror".

Last week, the Netherlands raised its terrorism alert level to "substantial", partly due to the expected release of the film.

Does anyone else see a connection between these lines?

[Loyalist]

Here's a follow-up; so much for "free speech". eyes:

Dutch Islam Film Website Shut

A website that a Dutch right-wing politician was planning to use to release a film expected to be fiercely critical of Islam has been suspended.

The US hosting service, Network Solutions, said it was investigating complaints that it may have breached guidelines on hate language.

Dutch politician Geert Wilders says the 15-minute film describes Islam as "the enemy of freedom".

The planned release has sparked angry protests in many Muslim countries.

The Dutch government has disassociated itself from Mr Wilders' views, but there are fears the film will spark protests similar to those that followed the publication in Denmark two years ago of cartoons seen as offensive to Muslims.

The film has already been condemned by several Muslim countries, including Iran and Pakistan... (continues)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7310439.stm

[Leof]

I don't think this will be the end of it. It's clear who controls Europe at least..

[The Lawspeaker]

Now it has become clear that my country is not being ruled by my countrymen but by the Muslims (and their buddies in Israel) behind the screens.


I know that I get an infraction for it but I will say it nonetheless.

"Damn" those traitors and the Islam.

[Thusnelda]

I´ve read much about Geert Wilders until now (especially on the biggest German politician blog, "Politically Incorrect"), and I have to say that I have much sympathy for him and his followers. I see the Islam and the process of Islamisation as the biggest threat for Europe, too.
I really hope his movement will be victorious in Holland, and I hope that he haven´t to share the horrible fate of Pim Fortuyn or Theo Van Gogh.

[Leof]

I beleive the real message is we need to take the gloves off. People think we can just vote once every 4 years and that we are doing something for our people. What a laugh. That's like those liberal hippies who planted a tree and think they are doing something for the enviroment meanwhile they are recycling plastic bottles that will be melted down, releasing toxic fumes into the air and turned into new bottles.

We need to get more aggressive with our message(s) and to stop playing their rules.

[Imperator X]

The allegations that Islam was the "enemy of freedom" was immediately confirmed as evidenced by the Muslims throwing temper tantrums across the world.