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Dutch security raised in Pakistan after anti-Islam film
Pakistan has stepped up security at the Dutch consulate and Dutch businesses in Karachi, fearing protests over the Internet-release of an anti-Islam film by a far-right Dutch MP, officials said on Sunday.The Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to Pakistan on Friday and lodged a strong protest with him against Geert Wilders film, which defames Islam. We have stepped up security at the Dutch consulate and businesses in Karachi, Sindh Home Secretary Arif Ahmed Khan confirmed. We have advised the consulate staff to keep a low profile and avoid unnecessary travel, he added. The officials said that telecommunications authorities have been asked to block all websites that carry the blasphemous film. Meanwhile, at least three different protests were held outside the Karachi Press Club, where protesters burned an effigy of Wilders and a Dutch flag, witnesses said. Wilders posted the 17-minute film entitled Fitna (discord) on the Internet on Thursday. It features violent imagery of the terrorist attacks in New York and Madrid intertwined with Quranic texts. Posted by: Fred 2008-03-31 |
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