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Article: Netherlands braced for Muslim anger as politician releases 'anti- Islam' film
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2008
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For a film that lasts just 10 minutes and for which no one has
even seen a trailer, it is creating one hell of an uproar. The
cinematic debut from the anti-Islamic politician Geert Wilders has
forced the Netherlands to wrestle with the limits of its age-old
tradition of free speech and stirred up anxieties about a
multicultural society.
The film, billed by Mr Wilders as an illustration of how the
Koran inspires people "to do the worst things", is the latest
provocation from the maverick MP who has compared Islam's sacred
text to Hitler's Mein Kampf, tried to ban the burqa and the building
of mosques and called for all Muslims in the Netherlands either to
give up their religion or go back to ...