Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical publication, has congratulated a Daniel Laconte film, C’est Dur d’_tre Aim_s par des Cons (It’s Hard to be Liked by Idiots), being shown at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. The film examines the Muhammad cartoon controversy.
The recent film “Fitna” by the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders was seen by many as an attack on Islam. Now a Saudi blogger has created a film featuring violent texts from the Bible, with the intention of showing that stereotyping can go both ways. A Saudi blogger has produced an online movie mocking the…
Internet companies in Indonesia blocked access to YouTube and Myspace on Tuesday, heeding a government order aimed to stop people from watching a film critical of Islam and the Quran. The Indonesian ministry ordered internet service providers to block sites where Wilders’ film appears, stating that it could disturb relations between the faiths. The internet…
Geert Wilders’ anti-Islamic film “Fitna” was designed to provoke. And it seems to be working. A protest in Karachi on Sunday drew thousands, railing against Netherlands, Denmark and the US. There have been several sporadic protests in Pakistan against Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ anti-Koran film “Fitna” in recent weeks. But on Sunday, the demonstrations took…
Dutch politician Geert Wilders came under attack over his controversial film “Fitna” during a rowdy debate in the Netherlands’ parliament Monday. Ministers claimed that Wilders had toned down the original version of the film. Geert Wilders had originally planned to include footage of pages being torn out of the Koran and burned in his film…
