German police warn of security fallout following Dutch film

    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…

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      Author Ian Buruma on Wilders’ Politics: ‘Condemning Islam, Per Se, Is Unhelpful’

      In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, Dutch author Ian Buruma discusses the run-up to the release of Gert Wilders’ anti-Islam film, populist trends in the Netherlands and the environment that the led to polemics against Muslims like “Fitna.” Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders released on Thursday his video comparing the threat of Islam in Europe to…

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