Posted on 03/31/2008 2:32:40 PM PDT by knighthawk
The ambassadors of 26 Islamic countries want the Netherlands to investigate whether the film Fitna made by Dutch right-wing populist MP Geert Wilders can be banned. They asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen whether it is possible to start legal proceedings against the anti-Islam film. The meeting at the ministry in The Hague was attended by ambassadors of countries including Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Mr Verhagen told the 26 ambassadors he was pleased that responses from the Muslim world up to now had been moderate. He said the public prosecutor was investigating whether any offence had been committed, and the Dutch government clearly distanced itself from the film.
At the same time he called on the ambassadors to ensure Dutch citizens and organisations abroad were protected. "Let's keep heads cool and relations warm," he added. "We know about the concerns and feelings about this film among the international Muslim community, but hurt feelings must never be an excuse for aggression and threats."
"Christian terrorist"
In Indonesia, a few dozen demonstrators protested against Geert Wilders' film outside the Dutch embassy. They waved banners reading "Holland go to Hell" and "Kill Geert Wilders", threw eggs and bottles of water at the building and chanted anti-Dutch slogans. One protestor called on Muslims around the world to kill Mr Wilders, calling him a "Christian terrorist".
The protestors were kept at a distance by police with shields and water cannons. They were all said to be members of the Islamic Defence Front, an organisation whose leader was given a seven-month jail sentence in 2003 for acts of violence. In the city of Magelang on Sunday a few hundred protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the film. However, the rest of Indonesia has remained calm.
Islamophobia
During a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus on Sunday, Arab leaders spoke of their alarm about growing Islamophobia around the world. The closing statement expressed concerns that Islam was also under attack in countries famous for their tolerance towards other religions and cultures.
In Jordan a group of MPs have asked the government to sever relations with the Netherlands in response to Fitna. "The film insults the Prophet Muhammad and hurts the feelings of all Muslims," said Jordanian MP Ali Dalain.
According to Arnold Heertje, a former professor of economics at the University of Amsterdam, an economic boycott of the Netherlands would have little effect.
"It would amount to a drop of 1.7 percent in our exports if the boycott was applied comprehensively. Probably the effect would be much smaller and possibly zero."
While there have been no demonstrations outside the Dutch embassy in Pakistan, security has been tightened there due to concerns about possible protests. Embassy staff have been instructed to limit their travel and attract as little attention to themselves as possible.
Regret and condemnation
The Iranian government called on Dutch ambassador Radinck van Vollenhoven to protest openly against Fitna. Mr Van Vollenhoven expressed his regret about the film and said the Dutch government condemned it.
There has also been criticism of Fitna from beyond the Islamic world. Austrian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith called the film "highly offensive," and "an obvious attempt to generate discord between faith communities." United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon also said it was "insulting and anti-Islamic".
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has warned that there may be more protests to come. "It can sometimes take months for all the reactions to be felt."
OK, I’m trying to understand this...the muzzies are upset that someone not a muzzie put together a bit of truth about the Religion of Pieces, and the film maker has hurt their feelings? Right? And, now the muzzies want to kill the film maker?
And, there is some concern about growing Islamophobia? Whodathunkit?
Islam has been at war with civilization for over 1400 years, and we are now in the latest escalation of that war; a war we must win.
> During a meeting of the Arab League in Damascus on Sunday, Arab leaders spoke of their alarm about growing Islamophobia around the world.
Surely they are not that oblivious! Threaten Jihad, blow up innocent civilians, kidnap people and saw off their heads on TV, and then wonder why people have a phobia about them?? They are the stuff that nitemares are made of!
> The closing statement expressed concerns that Islam was also under attack in countries famous for their tolerance towards other religions and cultures.
‘Strewth. If you run a dangerous and intolerant Death Cult, don’t be too surprised if other tolerant countries don’t throw out the welcome mat for you.
Seems like the Dutch have already lost control of their nation. It is now being “run” by muslims.
Anybody care to guess how many views Fitna has gotten since it’s release?
Need a figure.
Millions upon millions. I’m trying to find my link that gave these numbers.....
Your right but the truth hurts. And these backwards, death-obsessed psychopaths know it and that’s why they want it banned.
Interesting thing about that movie is that there is no dialogue, except for videotapes of known representatives of Islam. An the events depicted in the violence footage also is of events where Muslims claim responsibility.
IOW, they are like the old Rush Limbaugh TV show where he would show video of liberals and let them damn themselveds with thier own words.
How can that be illegal in an even remotely free country?
It’s on limewire.
“and hurts the feelings of all Muslims,”
Poor widdle babies!
I’m convinced. There is no possible way of conciliation with them. They will never admit to being wrong. They have to be expelled from all civilized countries.
>>Way too late, it’s now gone viral across the internet.<<
I love the internet. The truth (like this movie) gets legs and lies (like Hillary’s “sniper fire” incident and Dan Rather) get clearly exposed.
Damn, now I have to watch it again! It was quite disturbing the 1st time.
ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fitna/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/filmjihad/
You can look at the number of views on these key words; otherwise, I have no real numbers for views of the movie, overall.
You might check Google in the news section and Google “Fitna.”
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=fitna&btnG=Search+News
blog:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/31/liveleak-restores-fitna/
“LiveLeak restores “Fitna”; Video: Indonesians call for Wilders’s death”
POSTED AT 10:25 AM ON MARCH 31, 2008 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
http://www.groepwilders.com/Viewdata.aspx?ID=65&CID=4
It’s currently posted there in English, but it’s been pulled from many sites and seems to come and go from others. IMHO, the movie is tame, but that’s by my standards. I’m so sorry its “hurting” Islamic feelings to have even a portion of the truth exposed. I have a collection of “Islamic” produced movies which preach from the Koran about how all non-Muslims should be eliminated and each ends in be-headings of westerners, Christians and/or Jews. They make me physically ill, and hurt my very soul, but I will continue to distribute them in the hopes that someday, someway, we’ll wake up to this insidious threat that is creeping over the planet.
Thank you
You’re welcome.
No, it's not insane, it's just typical islamic terrorism. Terror and bullyism is how they get things done.
There is no wonder at all why, in this day of liberalism and wimpy western men, the religion of blood has risen up again, demanding foreign nations to respect mohammed. For centuries Western man was too tough, too smart and to wary of islam for them to do much of anything but kill each other. Now, it's different. When the so-called "leader of the free world", (Jorge Bush), has taken up rubbing elbows with sheiks and insisting that mohammedans are "a religion of peace", can anyone really wonder why they've gotten so brave over the past couple decades? Just like dogs, the islamofacists smell the weakness that liberalsim, feminism and self indulgence have brought to western man, and while they move against us we do nothing but take out two useless muslim apendages, Iraq and Afghanistan, while we leave the head and the body, (Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan), untouched, from fear of being condemned by "the world".
Islamaniacs could be easily defeated by a united West, or even a united America, but when division reigns nations become weak, and the cockroaches and vermin suface to feast on the spoils.
Can the truth be made illegal in Holland?..
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