Islam And The West

Firstly we had the Protestant Christian in the Netherlands turning on Geert Wilders. The controversial right-wing member of the Dutch Parliament who is a self proclaimed expert on Islam and now notorious film producer.

Now reports are surfacing in the international media that leading Dutch business’ are demanding that Geert Wilders compensates companies whose business have been affected by his anti-Islam film “Fitna”:

“Dutch employers association VNO-NCW demanded that legislator Geert Wilders compensate Dutch businesses abroad which have been harmed by his controversial film Fitna, chairman Bernard Wientjes said in an interview with the daily Het Financieele Dagblad on Saturday.

On Thursday, Islam-critic Wilders released a 16-minute film Fitna, warning of radical Islam and the alleged ‘Islamization’ of the Netherlands….

…Several Arab countries are due to discuss Wilders’ film Fitna at the Arab summit in Damascus this weekend.

‘If they decide to boycott Dutch businesses, it will harm Dutch exports. Companies like Shell, Philips and Unilever are easily recognizable as Dutch companies,’ Wenties told Het Financieele Dagblad.

‘I do not know how rich Geert Wilders is, and whether he has a good insurance. But if there is a boycott, we will investigate whether we can hold Wilders accountable.’

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and Dutch-Moroccan rapper Salah Edin have each threatened legal action against Wilders unless he removes their copyrighted work from Fitna.

Wilders used Westergaard’s famous caricature of the Prophet Mohammed without his permission and without paying copyright.

In the case of Edin, known for his derogatory and discriminatory rap texts about Dutch society and women, and also a Holocaust denier, Wilders erroneously used his picture to portray Mohammed Bouyeri, the convicted killer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh.

The photo originated from the cover of a 2007 rap album entitled The Dutch Biggest Nightmare in which Edin was posing as a lookalike of Mohammed Bouyeri, an image he has maintained ever since.” ( Source: M&C News)

The film “Fitna” surely has caused a bit of a fitna. But maybe that was the intention behind its production and broadcast along.

Image source: Groep Wilders

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