Posted on 01/18/2008 1:09:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
THE HAGUE (AFP) - The Dutch government is ready for any possible fallout of a planned film by far-right MP Geert Wilders that attacks Islam as an "inspiration for murder," Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Friday.
"We are ready to react quickly, it is our role to be prepared for calamities," Balkenende told journalists at his weekly press briefing.
Earlier on Friday Dutch media had reported that the government had compiled a secret document on how best to deal with reactions to the film.
Wilders, the head of the far-right Freedom Party, announced in November that he planned to release a 10-minute film this month that will show that Islam's holy book, the Koran, "is an inspiration for intolerance, murder and terror".
Observers say Wilders might burn or tear up the Koran in the movie. In February last year the MP called on Muslims to "tear out half the pages of the Koran and throw them away".
The Hague fears a repeat of riots when thousands took to the streets in Muslim countries to protest cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that appeared in a Danish newspaper in 2005.
The protests left some hundred people dead, Danish embassies were attacked and Danish goods were boycotted.
Balkenende said he could not comment on Wilders's film project because he had not seen the actual movie but stressed the government would not censor anything beforehand.
"The Netherlands has a tradition of freedom of expression and freedom of religion but also a tradition of mutual respect, and provocations do not fit into that. I call on everybody to take their individual responsibility," he said.
According to the De Volkskrant newspaper and RTL-news, the government has already prepared for a possible evacuation of Dutch embassies and citizens from the Middle East.
But Foreign Ministry spokesman Bart Rijs told AFP Friday that there were no special emergency measures for Wilders's film in place at the moment.
"We always have scenarios for possible calamities at our embassies, consulates and other Dutch representations abroad. They are regularly updated," he said.
"There is no reason to believe the Dutch government is now implementing an emergency scenario and there is no reason now to evacuate anybody," Rijs stressed.
Wilders, whose party holds nine of the 150 seats in parliament, insists he will go ahead with his movie despite the uproar.
"Now that everybody is already in a state (over the film) I see it as a confirmation that I should go ahead. I would not be worth a button if I were to capitulate now," he told the HP/De Tijd magazine.
Wilders is known for his harsh anti-Islam stance and has been under round-the-clock protection since the November 2004 murder of outspoken Dutch columnist Theo van Gogh by a radical Muslim.
Van Gogh was killed after he directed a controversial film written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former political ally of Wilders, that examined the subordination of women in Islamic society.
Wilders has received a number of death threats.
That ought to get the cars burning in the streets real quick.
Watch out for those youths.
I suspect they will not be disappointed.
The truth hurts.....
Oh boy, here come the riots from the innocent li’l lambs from the ROP.
Truth is a defense.
Alternatively, use them instead of TP.
“”We are ready to react quickly, it is our role to be prepared for calamities,” Balkenende told journalists at his weekly press briefing.”
Wouldn’t it be great if the reaction involved mounted Cossacks? Probably it doesn’t though. :(
Muslims, in reaction to a movie claiming Islam is an inspiration for murder, will be inspired to murder the filmmakers and as many random people they can find.
Is this what you’re looking for?
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=5P7Y_moX1V0&feature=PlayList&p=B994052B3D9535F2&index=0&playnext=1
I personally like to use pages from the Koran to wipe up bacon grease.
Really! Why are these poor put-upon oppressed victims always being persecuted and forced to commit violence because of the mean ‘ol West? Remind me to go to Confession tomorrow to confess my evilness in NOT wanting to kill everyone who does not feel the same way as me...Yes, major sarcasm...
btt
“We’ll murder you if you say that our religion inspires us to murder people.” (pseudo quote)
I just watched the entire documentary on the link you provided and think it deserves wider distribution on the US TV networks. It is chilling and makes an extremely compelling case for a severe crackdown on Islam in the USA before it’s too late.
I have distributed the link to all my friends and family members. You’re right - it deserves a worl-wide distribution. Perhaps you can help increase its viewership. I’ve sent the link to Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, but have not received a response. With all their big talk, they do prefer to be PC.
I probably should have given you attribution, but I posted it on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956080/posts and it got some attention. I bet if Steve Malzberg saw it he would give out the URL on his show. I’ll see if I can get his address and forward it on.
It really deserves a separate posting to get more eyes. I’ll leave that to you if you are interested.
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