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March 28, 2008

Iran Condemns Anti-Islamic Dutch Film
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1BB0C31:A6F02AD83191E16096FE62407732EFF9D937473925D9872C& Dutch filmmaker
Geert Wilder's movie entitled 'Fitna', alternates pictures of
terrorist attacks with quotations from Muslim holy book Iran's Foreign
Ministry says European governments should move to stop the showing of
a film by a far-right Dutch lawmaker that says the Koran incites
violence.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammed Ali Hosseini, called the
film anti-Islamic and anti-cultural.







Geert Wilders (file photo)The filmmaker, Geert Wilders, posted the
film on his political party's Internet site on Thursday after Dutch
television refused to broadcast it.

The film, called "Fitna," alternates pictures of terrorist attacks -
including the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 -
with quotations from the Muslim holy book.

Wilders says one of his main points in making the film was a belief
that rising Muslim immigration threatens democratic values in the
Netherlands and the rest of Europe.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende says the film has no purpose
other than to offend, and he rejects the film's premise that equates
Islam with violence.

In 2005, Muslims in much of the world mounted protests against Denmark
after Danish newspapers published satirical cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad found by Muslims to be offensive.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.


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