Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks out against Geert Wilders anti-Koran film
Hirsi Ali rejects Geert Wilders' anti-Koran movie in her interview with Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant because all it's meant to do is provoke. She says she doesn't believe in banning books, whether it's the Koran or Mein Kampf.
No one knows for sure if this movie has even been made yet, but everyone is talking about it. What if it's a hoax?
De in Amerika wonende Ayaan Hirsi Ali gelooft niet in de antwoorden van Geert Wilders op de grote vraagstukken in het islamdebat. En de film die de PVV-leider over de Koran maakt is volgens Hirsi Ali, die zelf de film Submission maakte, provocerend.
Dat zegt de oud-politicus in een interview met de Volkskrant.
Update 1/17:
How very kind of the Dutch government to give Pakistan the heads-up on Geert Wilders' movie (which BTW hasn't even been finished yet according to Wilders today).
Hopefully this countermeasure will do somewhat of a decent job preventing heads from rolling as a result of Wilders' irresponsible games disrupting the peace.
The Dutch embassy in Pakistan states the following on its website:
Film by Mr Wilders
The Dutch government has been informed of Dutch member of parliament Geert Wilders’ plans to make a film. Wilders announced this during an interview with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations on 7 November 2007.
He said that the film would convey an anti-Islam message.
The film is yet to be released and the government has shared its concerns with Mr Wilders.If any queries please contact DVL at 00 31 703486486
I noticed Indonesia (the largest Muslim country in the world with even closer ties to Holland) did not get the same memo. I wonder why. 
I also noticed some fake Wilders movie on YouTube and this so-called "Wilders movie poster" floating around.
Supposedly no one knows who made the poster, but if you look a little closer you'll see our famous Pakistani "Rage Boy" peeking at us way down in the corner and I'm sure you'll be able to figure out at least which part of the world it originated, not that it matters or anything.
Update 1/18:
The tension surrounding Wilders's anti-Islam movie continues to grow. Just yesterday Wilders himself had a hefty emotional outburst lashing out at Eindhoven's acting mayor, telling him to back off and stop criticizing his movie before even having seen its content.
Later on in the day the good for nothing Arab European League announced the making of their own movie as a countermeasure against Wilders' anti-Islam propaganda.
Sorry, but I won't link to AEL, not just because of their link to Hezbollah, but also because I categorize them as extreme haters, believe it or not, even worse than Wilders.
See Radio Netherlands' account on the latest developments.
Update 1/21:
Dutch blogger Erik at Getting it Right has the scoop on the latest: Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders is going to present his anti-Koran movie next week (video)
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Update 1/23:
Thirty students at the University of Amsterdam found an attorney willing to help them file charges against Geert Wilders for "incitement to hatred".
Update 1/24:
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From her self-imposed exile in Washington, Hirsi Ali last week reportedly criticized the new film as a ''provocation'' and called on the major Dutch political parties to restart a debate on immigration that has split Dutch society in recent years and not leave the field to extremists.Wilders announced his plans last November, saying he was making a film to show the violent and fascist elements of the Muslim faith.
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