A senior Iranian lawmaker warned the Netherlands on Monday not to allow the screening of what it called an anti-Islamic film produced by a Dutch politician, claiming it “reflects insulting views about the Holy Koran.”
From the Religion News blog. The politician in question is one Geert Wilders. Now i understand that “we” in the “west” don’t mind overly much when people insult us. We tend to get over it. But it really seems to annoy many muslims to no end when we go about trying to insult them. I know we call it “the truth” but there are many ways of formulating the truth. What has ever happened to politeness?
I do not know where you live, but here in the US, I have a rather different picture–our religious folk are right prickly. Admittedly, it doesn’t match the reaction to the Muhammad cartoons.
Comment by Justin — January 24, 2008 @ 7:07