Germany’s federal criminal police have warned of an increased risk of terrorist attack following the release on the internet of a controversial anti-Islam film. The film titled “Fitna”, by maverick Dutch politician Gert Wilders, features excerpts of the Koran interspersed with images of the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. It also includes a cartoon image of the Prophet Mohammed, which provoked outrage in Muslim countries in 2006. The film has been condemned as inflammatory by both the Dutch government and the European Union. The 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference said the film aimed to provoke “intolerance among people of different religious beliefs”.
