Anti-Koran Film Sparks Arab Call for New Laws
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Anti-Koran Film Sparks Arab Call for New Laws
Associated Press
Sunday, March 30, 2008; A18 [Syria] [Damascus] [Arab League] [for weeks, rumors of discord with Saudi’s King Abdullah angry at Syria’s Bashir al Assad] [rumors of Saudis and others pinching Assad for his arrogance, lack of respect for tradition and hierarchy, and fingers in the eyes of Sunni Arab world] [Syria’s relationship with Persian Shiia in Iran and both Shiia and Sunni insurgents in –Iraq] [too clever by half playing both sides agains the other] [a rare common rally point: Dutch lawmaker’s anti Islam film] [Netherlands] [followup] [*****]
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 29 -- Islamic and Arab leaders denounced a Dutch film Saturday that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West, [***] calling for international laws to prevent insults to religions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032902239.html
Anti-Koran Film Sparks Arab Call for New Laws
Associated Press
Sunday, March 30, 2008; A18 [Syria] [Damascus] [Arab League] [for weeks, rumors of discord with Saudi’s King Abdullah angry at Syria’s Bashir al Assad] [rumors of Saudis and others pinching Assad for his arrogance, lack of respect for tradition and hierarchy, and fingers in the eyes of Sunni Arab world] [Syria’s relationship with Persian Shiia in Iran and both Shiia and Sunni insurgents in –Iraq] [too clever by half playing both sides agains the other] [a rare common rally point: Dutch lawmaker’s anti Islam film] [Netherlands] [followup] [*****]
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 29 -- Islamic and Arab leaders denounced a Dutch film Saturday that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West, [***] calling for international laws to prevent insults to religions.
The 15-minute film was posted Thursday on British-based LiveLeak.com, but the Web site took it down Friday evening after "serious" threats to its staff, it said.
The European Union's 27 foreign ministers objected to the film's depiction of Islam but defended the right to freedom of speech and asked Muslims to react peacefully. [***]
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