That's about to change with the expected television premier on January 25 of an un-named film by a leading Dutch politician Geert Wilders dealing with the Koran. Wilders in the past has compared it to Hitler's Mein Kampf and wants it banned; the film will likely make arguments along these lines: "With this film I'm trying to show not only in words but also images exactly what I mean," he says.

Unlike the British, American, Danish governments or the Vatican, the Dutch government has prepared. It has adopted a two-track policy of (1) trying to stop the screening and, should that fail, (2) getting ready for crisis mode. An article in today's Volkskrant, "Vrees voor rellen rond Koran-film van Wilders" (translated as "Fear of riots over Wilders' Koran film") provides some details. First, the government is trying to shut things down:

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http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2007/12/will-geert-wilders-show-his-film-on-the-koran.html

Living in fear of the Muslim world's reaction to making fun of, disagreeing with or just showing imagery of things related to their religion is BS. We can disagree or make fun of any other religion, but because these religious nut jobs threaten to harm people everyone gets all scared. I say we flood the world media with images of muhammad and muslim jokes and tell them to FU@# off and deal with the modern world just like every other religion has. And if they riot or harm people because of it, the rest of the world should come down on them with unprecedented vengeance.