Why a film bashing Islam might be hard to find

Blocking a Web site promoting a controversial Dutch politician's anti-Koranic film won't defuse "one of the biggest controversies in Europe," said Mike Nizza in a New York Times blog. There's a reason why European leaders call the film a "r

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An American Web hosting company, Network Solutions, has suspended a site promoting a Dutch lawmaker’s short film criticizing the Koran. U.S. Homeland Security officials have warned that the release of the film, Fitna, by the controversial politician Geert Wilders could spark protests and riots. Pakistan last month blocked YouTube after someone posted what the government called a “highly blasphemous” and anti-Islamic video featuring Wilder. (CNN)

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