http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20081217-1085 90.html EU parliament bans screening of anti-Islam film
STRASBOURG, Dec 17, 2008 (AFP) - The European Parliament banned a planned screening on Wednesday of an anti-Islamic film made by far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders, a British eurodeputy complained. "The banning of this film is a direct attack on free speech," said British Independent MEP Gerard Batten, who had organised the event. "A parliament that constantly talks of freedom, democracy and tolerance has shown once again that these are empty words when it does not agree with what is being said," added Batten, a member of the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP). <http://ads.asia1.com.sg/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=18683&AdID=22372&Targe tID=2838&Segments=1,81,238,564,1000,1779,1780,1893,2000,2061,2355,2410,2428, 2431,2731&Targets=2065,1720,2838,3299&Values=30,50,60,83,93,100,110,130,150, 196,266,942,983,990,1480,2253,2762,2807,2862,2918,3999,4072,4074,4082,4083,4 084,4085,4086,4118,4119,4132,4335,4337,4342,5611&RawValues=&Redirect=http:%2 f%2fwww.rednano.sg/special.html?partnerid=asiaone> <http://ads.asia1.com.sg/click.ng/site=tasiaonenews&sec=asiaonea1news&pagepo s=1&size=300X250> The 17-minute film called "Fitna," which in Arabic means war, or division, in the heart of Islam, has been called "offensively anti-Islamic" by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Featuring shocking imagery of the attacks on New York in 2001 and Madrid in 2004 combined with quotes from the Koran, Islam's holy book, it has drawn protests and outrage in some Muslim countries. Batten said that at the same time the parliament in Strasbourg was awarding its Sakharov Prize in absentia to jailed Chinese dissident Hu Jia, European party leaders "deny free speech to one of its own members". Wilders is the head of the Freedom Party, which has nine seats in the Dutch parliament. He has called for the banning of the Koran in the Netherlands, calling it "fascist." Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
