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| Dutch security raised in Pakistan after anti-Islam film |
| 2008-03-31 |
| Pakistan has stepped up security at the Dutch consulate and Dutch businesses in Karachi, fearing protests over the Internet-release of an anti-Islam film by a far-right Dutch MP, officials said on Sunday. The Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to Pakistan on Friday and lodged a “strong protest” with him against Geert Wilders’ film, which defames Islam. “We have stepped up security at the Dutch consulate and businesses in Karachi,” Sindh Home Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan confirmed. “We have advised the consulate staff to keep a low profile and avoid unnecessary travel,” he added. The officials said that telecommunications authorities have been asked to block all websites that carry the blasphemous film. Meanwhile, at least three different protests were held outside the Karachi Press Club, where protesters burned an effigy of Wilders and a Dutch flag, witnesses said. Wilders posted the 17-minute film entitled ‘Fitna’ (discord) on the Internet on Thursday. It features violent imagery of the terrorist attacks in New York and Madrid intertwined with Quranic texts. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Dutch security raised in Pakistan after Exposing the desert cult with its own words sure does get those peckers in a knot. We thought long and hard about putting the film up. When liveleak took it down due to Muslim terrorist threats, the consensus was that this film needed to "go viral". At that point it was a no brainer. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-03-31 10:53 |
| #1 Whereas flag-burning in Pakistan does not "defame" the Netherlands. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-03-31 08:46 |