Anti-Islam Film “Same As Anti-Semitism”
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Article: Anti-Islam Film “Same As Anti-Semitism”
Originaly Posted On: 2008-03-24 19:12:01
A Jewish producer in the Netherlands, Harry De Winter, blasted far-right anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders this weekend for his anti-Islam movie, Fitna, already banned from media outlets worldwide. Wilders is intent on broadcasting his Islamophobic film, after having its website pulled offline by its internet service provider, Network Solutions, and causing worldwide protest over its anti-Quran and anti-Islam contentions.
De Winter took out a front-page advertisement in the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant to protest Wilders’ inflammatory actions, saying that:
“If Wilders had said the same thing about Jews (and the Old Testament) as he does about Muslims (and the Koran), he would have been ostracized a long time ago and accused of anti-Semitism.”
De Winter says Wilders’ anti-Islam hate speech are reminiscent of “how the persecution of Jews once started”, and said that for him, “there is no difference between the yarmulke and the headscarf.”
