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Controversial Anti-Muslim Film Sparks Worldwide Condemnation
Monday, March 31, 2008
A screen capture from the film 'Fitna' shows a verse from the Koran and the
attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001:
http://www.foxnews.com/images/357804/5_61_film320.jpg
Nations around the world are protesting the release of a Dutch lawmaker's
anti-Islamic film.
Australia condemned Geert Wilders' 15-minute film, titled "Fitna," or
"Ordeal" in Arabic, Sunday with the foreign minister calling it "highly
offensive."
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith rejected the film's premise of equating Islam
with acts of terror and violence.
Click here to view 'Fitna' from Sweetness & Light.com:
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/liveleak-drops-anti-islam-film-after-threats
"It is an obvious attempt to generate discord between faith communities,"
Smith said. "I strongly reject the ideas contained in the film and deplore
its release."
"Fitna" was posted online Thursday but removed from the site, LiveLeak.com,
a day later. It has since been widely dispersed on other file-sharing sites.
The European Union issued a statement Saturday saying the film --that
portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West -- serves no other
purpose than to inflame hatred. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also has
condemned the film, saying there is no justification for hate speech or the
incitement of violence.
Despite their condemnation, the European leaders defended the right to
freedom of speech and called on Muslims to react peacefully.
In the Middle East, Iran has summoned the Dutch ambassador to Tehran to
discuss the film, Reuters reported. A senior diplomat from Slovenia, which
holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, was also called to the
ministry in Tehran over Wilder's film.
Jordanian lawmakers are taking more severe diplomatic measures and demanded
their government cuts ties with the Netherlands. Forty-eight lawmakers in
the 110-seat parliament have also called for the government to dismiss the
Dutch envoy.
Pakistan's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the ambassador of the
Netherlands in Islamabad and lodged a "strong protest", according to AFP. It
has stepped up the security of the Dutch consulate and businesses in Karachi
fearing protests over the Internet release of an anti-Islam film by the
far-right Dutch MP.
And in Asia, hundreds of Indonesian students took to the streets Sunday in
protest, according to AFP, after a minister called for protests. The
students carried posters demanding that authorities shut down websites
carrying Geert Wilders' film.
Controversial Anti-Muslim Film Sparks Worldwide Condemnation
Monday, March 31, 2008
A screen capture from the film 'Fitna' shows a verse from the Koran and the
attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001:
http://www.foxnews.com/images/357804/5_61_film320.jpg
Nations around the world are protesting the release of a Dutch lawmaker's
anti-Islamic film.
Australia condemned Geert Wilders' 15-minute film, titled "Fitna," or
"Ordeal" in Arabic, Sunday with the foreign minister calling it "highly
offensive."
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith rejected the film's premise of equating Islam
with acts of terror and violence.
Click here to view 'Fitna' from Sweetness & Light.com:
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/liveleak-drops-anti-islam-film-after-threats
"It is an obvious attempt to generate discord between faith communities,"
Smith said. "I strongly reject the ideas contained in the film and deplore
its release."
"Fitna" was posted online Thursday but removed from the site, LiveLeak.com,
a day later. It has since been widely dispersed on other file-sharing sites.
The European Union issued a statement Saturday saying the film --that
portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West -- serves no other
purpose than to inflame hatred. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also has
condemned the film, saying there is no justification for hate speech or the
incitement of violence.
Despite their condemnation, the European leaders defended the right to
freedom of speech and called on Muslims to react peacefully.
In the Middle East, Iran has summoned the Dutch ambassador to Tehran to
discuss the film, Reuters reported. A senior diplomat from Slovenia, which
holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, was also called to the
ministry in Tehran over Wilder's film.
Jordanian lawmakers are taking more severe diplomatic measures and demanded
their government cuts ties with the Netherlands. Forty-eight lawmakers in
the 110-seat parliament have also called for the government to dismiss the
Dutch envoy.
Pakistan's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the ambassador of the
Netherlands in Islamabad and lodged a "strong protest", according to AFP. It
has stepped up the security of the Dutch consulate and businesses in Karachi
fearing protests over the Internet release of an anti-Islam film by the
far-right Dutch MP.
And in Asia, hundreds of Indonesian students took to the streets Sunday in
protest, according to AFP, after a minister called for protests. The
students carried posters demanding that authorities shut down websites
carrying Geert Wilders' film.
