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| UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon | ||
| 2011-06-02 | ||
| Britain has stopped distributing an animated movie meant to stop young Muslims from becoming extremists, said its maker on Tuesday. The short film, "Wish You Waziristan", is a cautionary tale about two British brothers who travel to the Af-Pak border region in order to become jihadis after seeing a racist beating.
Martin Orton, managing director of Bold Creative, the production house behind the film, said "The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has decided not to release it. We think it's a brilliant piece of work and we think that if it had a chance it would work brilliantly in what it is supposed to do. But quite sadly we haven't had the chance to do that." The movie had been commissioned by the previous Labour government in 2009 and no decision on its fate had been taken by the current coalition. British Muslims questioned how persuasive it would have been. Mohammad Shahid Raza, an imam at Leicester Central Mosque, said, "The film sounds naive and simplistic."
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| #2 All part of the rich diversity of crime Labour imported. The answers are simple. Decriminalize crime. Decriminalize terrorism. No more problems. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-06-02 22:41 |
| #1 Bet you what was shown was a white person beating up a muslim. The least likely. Black on Muslim is the most likely, then muslim on muslim, then muslim on white. All part of the rich diversity of crime Labour imported. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-06-02 05:41 |