オランダの極右政治家、反イスラム映画を配信

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March 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Dutch government rejected an anti-Islam movie released yesterday by nationalist party leader Geert Wilders in which he links the Koran to violence.

The 15-minute movie ``Fitna'' features verses from the Koran alongside images of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Madrid train bombings in 2004. The movie was posted on the Internet.

``The film equates Islam with violence. We reject this interpretation,'' Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende told a news conference in The Hague yesterday. ``We regret that Mr. Wilders has released this film. We believe it serves no purpose other than to cause offense, but feeling offended must never be used as an excuse for aggression and threats.''

Plans for the movie's release fueled ethnic tension in the Netherlands and sparked anger in Muslim countries including Iran, Egypt and Pakistan. About 5,000 people rallied in Amsterdam on March 22 to protest racism and Wilders's anti- Islamic comments.

The government is ``heartened by the initial restrained reactions of Dutch Muslim organizations'' to the movie's release, the prime minister said.

``Islam and the Koran are a danger for freedom in the Netherlands in the long term and I need to warn against that,'' Wilders told NOS television yesterday, adding the movie isn't a ``provocation.''

Wilders, 44, has campaigned against immigration and Muslim culture since he left the Liberals in 2004 to found his own Freedom Party under the slogan, ``Stop the Islamization of The Netherlands.''

2004年に自由党をやめて自身の政党を立ち上げたGeert Wilders氏は、コーランを暴力と関連付ける映画を製作し、政府の反対にあったためにこれをインターネット配信した。オランダ首相は、「この映画はイスラムは暴力だとみなすものであり、受け入れられない。映画の配信は残念だ。この映画は人を不快にさせるが、不快になったことを理由にした暴力は正当化できない。国内のイスラム団体の冷静な対応に感謝する。」と語った。22日には、5000人が差別とWilders氏の反イスラム発言に抗議して、デモを行った。

トンデモさんはどこにもいるものです。Geert Wilders氏の極右政党には、9名の議員がいるそうです。イスラムの人は全人口の5%程度。