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March 31st, 2008

unixronin: Galen the technomage, from Babylon 5: Crusade (Default)
Monday, March 31st, 2008 09:43 pm

"Dozens of Indonesians have demonstrated outside the Dutch embassy in Jakarta over a Dutch MP's film that has outraged many Muslims", the BBC reports.  The cause of the outrage is that the film says Islam is a violent religion.

Geert Wilders, leader of the right-wing Freedom Party (PVV) in the Netherlands, released the 17-minute film Fitna ("Strife") on the internet last week.

Showing scenes of terrorist attacks, it claims the Koran inspires violence.

[...]

Demonstrators in Jakarta on Monday - from the Muslim group Islamic Defenders Front - held placards saying "Geert Wilders is a Christian terrorist", "Kill Geert Wilders" and "Holland go to hell!"

[...]

Mr Wilders has received death threats and is under constant police protection.

"Islam is a religion of peace, and we'll kill anyone who says differently!"

"... Prosecution rests, your honor."

(I know, the people out in the streets calling for Wilder's death are mostly the fringe radicals.  But don't they ever stop to think how their response looks?  Talk about doing your opposition's work for them.)

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