'Tempo' loses legal battle to RAPP

Money talks, it's all about the money...."In what was called a "grave for press freedom" in Indonesia, a court here ruled Thursday in favor of a pulp and paper firm in a long-standing dispute with Koran Tempo daily...

The Koran: Words beyond worth

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHaving read the Koran cover to cover and being Catholic having the Bible drilled into me as a child the comparisons are eeriely similar, both preach tolerance, benevolence,...

AP Story: Troops Kill Children, Shoot Korans, and Other Stuff

***OPINION***"We’re not asking you to be patriotic but couldn’t you at least not run articles with this title: “US strike on al-Qaida kills children“?We are in Iraq right now because al Qaeda is there. Our troops bombed that truck because "the military said its forces...

Afghan Koran protest turns deadly

The controversy over insult to Koran had refused to die down in Afghanistan. A US soldier was accused of disrespect to Holy Koran after the holy book was found riddled with bullets at a...

Bush apologizes for Koran shooting

Following on the heels of the apology by Maj. General Jeffery Hammond, President Bush has made a personal apology for the shooting of a Koran by an American soldier."Mr Bush made the apology during one of his regular...

Muslim Wife: Repeatedly beaten. Koran says It's Ok.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHow can two apparently intelligent people, Muslims, one a  PhD  Student, the other a Masters of Engineering student in this day and age think all is well with the...

How a Film Triggered a Global Panic

"How a Film Triggered a Global Panic By Henryk M. Broder It is the kind of stunt that has many fearing the worst: Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders plans to release a film about Islam. Politicians worldwide are...

Wilders film ‘Fitna’ in Nederland and Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ pl...

A turmoil of movies, literature, theater, actors, police and religious Islamic beliefs:.After..” dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders released a film (Fitna) criticizing Islam and its holy book the Koran on Thursday,...

Muslim Nations Condemn Dutch Koran Film

It's pretty safe to assume that when you make a film that "sets verses of the Quran against a montage of images from terrorist attacks and rhetoric from Muslim clergymen urging "jihad," you're going to get a bit of a...

Geert Wilders Releases Video Dutch Government Didn't Want You to See

It’s the video the Dutch government didn’t want you to see.  The government made it known to Dutch politician Geert Wilders that they did not want him to release his video, Fitna, fearing unrest amongst Muslims.  But Wilders released...

Wherefore art thou "Fitna"?

What about Fitnathemovie.com? Will Network Solutions lift the suspension of this site that has not "violated" their Acceptable Use Policy? Limiting this freedom of expression will eventually affect all you do not...

'Violent Bible' movie to counter Wilders' film gets Axed

Note: Production of this film was not stopped because of death threats by 'fanatic' Christians. It was scrapped because of the LACK OF VIOLENCE by Christians.  For more...

Koran hater WILL air film - similar to Mein Kampf

"(Reuters) - A majority of Dutch people want an anti-Koran film made by a politician to be broadcast even though they fear it will stoke tension with Muslims and harm relations with Arab countries, a poll showed on...

Dutch Government opposes islamophobic film

"Do not broadcast critical Islam movie, says Dutch foreign minister 29 February 2008AMSTERDAM - Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen on Thursday called upon legislator Geert Wilders, founder of the right-wing Freedom Party, not to broadcast a movie that...

Dutch cabinet warns lawmaker against anti-Koran film

Brussel (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - Two Dutch cabinet ministers have held a meeting with Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders to dissuade him from releasing his film critical of Islam, Radio Netherlands reported Wednesday.Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin and Foreign...

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