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Article: Wild thing; Islam in the Netherlands.(Fears over an anti-Islam film)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2008
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Wilders ponders the Koran
The Netherlands frets about the likely impact of a new anti-Islam film
THE Netherlands is going through a "considerable crisis", says the prime minister. The Iranians are musing publicly about cutting diplomatic ties. The grand mufti of Syria has issued grave warnings of war and bloodshed. Dutch citizens living in Muslim countries have been asked to report any worrying incidents.
The one thing missing is the cause of the fuss: an anti-Islamic film neither made nor shown by a Dutch member of parliament, Geert Wilders. In November Mr Wilders revealed his plan to air on television an expose of the wickedness of the Koran, ...