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Sat, Jan. 26th, 2008, 10:16 am
Dutch freedom of speech.

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2905

The Dutch politician Geert Wilders [...] announced that he planned to release a 10-minute film about the Koran in January. Wilders says the Koran must be banned in the Netherlands because it is as intolerant and dangerous as Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Wilders sent the opening shot of the film to De Telegraaf. It shows a Koran accompanied by the text: "Waarschuwing: dit boek bevat schokkende beelden” (Warning: this book contains disturbing images), followed by a beheading in Iraq, a stoning in Iran and an execution in Saudi-Arabia.

The film is not just about the Koran but happens inside the Koran, Wilders told De Telegraaf. The edges of the book remain visible all the time. Inside these edges we will show images of what the Koran verses prescribe. Those who are shocked at these things should not get angry with me but with the people who
perpetrated these things.


the upside:

If the film merely shows what the Koran verses say, however horrible these things may be to Western eyes, it will hardly be “provocative” to radical Muslims.

Sat, Jan. 26th, 2008 04:30 pm (UTC)
[info]reanimated

wow, that guy's an asshole. where's the film on how intolerant and violent the bible is?

Sat, Jan. 26th, 2008 08:20 pm (UTC)
[info]goulo

That's what I was thinking. Make a little film that shows the Bible framing scenes of people shooting doctors and blowing up abortion clinics, beating up people at gay bars, screaming angrily and holding "God hates fags" signs, pictures of witch burnings, crusades, inquisitions, etc.