Geert Wilders has broadcast his polemical film on the Internet

The documentary 'Fitna' made by the Dutch populist deputy Geert Wilders was briefly broadcast on the Website of his People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Featuring images of 9/11 and other terrorist attacks accompanied by suras, he accuses the Koran of inciting violence. René van Rijckevorsel, Editor in Chief of the weekly, defends the broadcast of this film. "'Geert the madman', really doesn't deserve his nickname... . And if tomorrow incidents break out in the Muslim world or in the Netherlands, it will be the government's fault, because of its premature reactions [against the broadcasting of 'Fitna'] and its desire to spread panic. ... The second half of the film states facts and explains the consequences of the increasing numbers of Muslims in the Netherlands and in Europe. Wilders, as he has said himself, has stuck to the facts. These are facts that could just as easily be published in 'Elsevier'."

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