Article: Defend the right to say it Hate speech, free speech / The Wilders film

Peter Van Ham The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
03-26-2008
Defend the right to say it Hate speech, free speech / The Wilders film
Byline: Peter Van Ham The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: OPINION

The Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders has touched off a fierce debate with his plans to post a short film that is said to be highly critical of the Koran and Islam on the Internet. A date has not been set, and there is no certainty that the film will be posted. But the anticipation has already touched off a heated discussion, and raised fears that the film could set off violence of the sort that followed publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad ...

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