Muslim, UN outrage over Dutch MP's anti-Islam film

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

THE HAGUE (AFP) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday joined Muslim nations in expressing outrage over an anti-Islam film posted on the Internet by a far-right Dutch MP.

UN chief Ban called Geert Wilders' film offensive while Iran and Bangladesh warned it could have grave consequences and Pakistan protested to the Dutch ambassador.

"I condemn in the strongest terms the airing of Geert Wilders' offensively anti-Islamic film," Ban said in a statement.

"There is no justification for hate speech or incitement to violence. The right of free speech is not at stake here."

The screening was a calculated "insult to the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world," according to the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

"The film is a...