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Article: Dutch government regrets release of film criticizing Islam
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- March 28, 2008
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Dutch government regrets release of film criticizing Islam
BRUSSELS, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Jan Peter Balkenende has expressed regret at the release of a film
criticizing Islam by a Dutch right-wing lawmaker.
Reacting to the 16-minute film, which Dutch lawmaker Geert
Wilders released online Thursday, Balkenende said in a statement
posted on the Dutch government website Thursday night: "The film
equates Islam with violence. We reject this interpretation."
The film shows images of terrorist attacks in the United States,
Spain and Britain alternated with verses from the Koran and
statements by radical imams.
The film associates Islam with a number of gruesome ...