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Politiken - Denmark | Saturday, March 29, 2008

Should Wilders be censored?

The Danish daily writes that "clever" Dutch imams and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen are right to remain silent on the subject of the anti-Islam film "Fitna". "If this miserable piece of work triggers a media debate and political reactions, it will only be because of the 'cartoon row'. Here in Denmark the polarised discussion and Muslim death threats have led many people to forget that defending the right to freedom of expression is no excuse to switch off one's brain and forget the difference between argument and propaganda, between public discussion and hate-fulled vilification."

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