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Protests as Dutch MP puts anti-Islam film on internet

By Michael Steen in Amsterdam

Published: March 28 2008 02:00 | Last updated: March 28 2008 02:00

Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration member of the Dutch parliament, on Thursday posted a film criticising the Koran on the internet, in a move likely to draw widespread condemnation from Muslims around the world.

The 16-minute film, called Fitna or “strife”, shows images of the terrorist attacks in New York, Madrid and London projected on to blank pages of a replica of the Koran. Interspersed are verses from Islam’s holy book calling on Muslims to “strike terror” into their enemies’ hearts.

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