Geert Wilder's Movie 'Propagates Hate'

No one has seen a frame of Geert Wilder's short film, Fitna, but that does not stop the accusations of xenophobia and hate.

"Wilders' anti-Koran film reflects his biased, bigoted thinking," Pakistani foreign office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a weekly briefing. "It has nothing to do with the right of freedom of expression."
From Reuters

SLAMABAD (Reuters) - An anti-Koran film made by a Dutch politician is tantamount to propagating the politics of hate and xenophobia and cannot be justified, Pakistan said on Wednesday.

Anti-immigration member of the Dutch parliament Geert Wilders has given few details about the content of his film "Fitna", in which he intends to present his views about the Koran, the Muslim holy book which in the past he has called to be banned.

Wilders has said he had completed the film and was in negotiations with television stations for its broadcast, slated for March or April.

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"Wilders' anti-Koran film reflects his biased, bigoted thinking," Pakistani foreign office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a weekly briefing. "It has nothing to do with the right of freedom of expression."

It has everything to do with freedom of speech. Not a frame has been shown and already entities are trying to suppress it.

The Netherlands fears the film could spark protests like those triggered by Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, in which at least 50 people were killed, including five in Pakistan, in early 2006.

The Dutch government is islamophobic! Why would it fear violence and rioting from the muslim street?

The film has drawn protests in Muslim countries including Pakistan, whose upper house of parliament adopted a resolution last week condemning efforts to denigrate Islam, referring to Wilders' film and the Danish cartoons, one of which was recently reprinted.

"Bigoted and blasphemous acts such as the Danish cartoons and Wilders' film (are) tantamount to propagating politics of hate and promoting xenophobia in Europe," Sadiq said.

"This cannot be justified on any pretext."

Irrational violence, riots and deaths threats against people who speak the truth cannot be justified on any pretext