The ban is already lifted: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7262071.stm and I think there are better ways to oppose censorship than to support islam-bashing.

Octopussy:

That's a pretty serious charge you make. Just who is Islam bashing? Me for posting the video or the film-maker? And just how the hell would you know if the film is Islam-bashing? YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT AND NEITHER HAS ANYONE ELSE. IT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED YET. Apparently you would prefer that nobody would have the opportunity to view it and make up their own mind. Censorship before the fact. Good for you, there's an honest intellectual position to take.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I, of course, didn't want to accuse you of anything. And I probably shouldn't have posted such a short comment.

But I live in the Netherlands and this man is notorious for blaming muslims and the islam for anything that is wrong in this world and who, e.g., proposed to ban the Quran in the Netherlands, comparing it to Hitler's Mein Kampf .

Now, Mein Kampf is banned in the Netherlands, and I've always been against that ban. But I wouldn't campaign against such censorship by telling everybody to buy and read that book. And that is what I meant when I said I do not support this clip. I am against censorship full stop and am therefore careful about supporting someone who thinks that free speech should work for some but not for others.

Fortunately, whether or not I'll support this clip, it will still be released (even if I would downvote it ;-)).

Pakistan routes all Internet traffic centrally, so it has incredible ability to block websites. Most commonly it blocks blogspot.com for political dissenters... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Pakistan.

As for the Wilders, looks like hes a crazy far right wingnut:

The Dutch government is getting prepared for the possible fallout of the anti-Koran movie by Dutch MP Geert Wilders, that will likely be shown somewhere in the Netherlands next week. All Dutch ministers involved with the possible fallout have discussed the issue with the National Terrorism Coordinator Tjibbe Joustra. The ministers explained that the movie can't be censored, but stress that the movie is not supported by the dutch population or its government. If Wilders finds a hall prepared to play the movie, then it will be shown next Friday.

The gist of the movie will be something like this:
Wilders: “With the help of existing images I want to show that the Koran is far more violent than all other holy books. It's a fascist book, because it inspires people all over the world to the most barbaric deeds, which are contrary to all our laws and values we believe in."

Referring to the increased population of Muslims in the Netherlands, Wilders has said:

"Take a walk down the street and see where this is going. You no longer feel like you are living in your own country. There is a battle going on and we have to defend ourselves. Before you know it there will be more mosques than churches!"

Later, Wilders suggested that Muslims should 'tear out half of the Koran if they wished to stay in the Netherlands' because it contained 'terrible things' and that Muhammad would 'in these days be hunted down as a terrorist'. These statements caused strong reactions in Muslim countries such as Tunisia, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia.

On 8 August 2007, Wilders opined in a letter to the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that the Koran, which he called a "fascist book", should be outlawed in the Netherlands, like Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. He stated that: "The book incites hatred and killing and therefore has no place in our legal order."

On 15 August 2007, a representative of the Prosecutors' Office in Amsterdam declared that "dozens of reports" against Wilders had been filed, and that they were all being considered. Due to this position on Islam, the rapper Appa said he did not care if Wilders would be shot in the head. Wilders then charged him with threatening with death. The rapper Appa denied actual threatening, claiming he just wouldn't care and accusing Wilders of doing the same to Muslims.

This had the potential to be interesting, but... *discard

Discarding this post - discard requested by original submitter therealblankman.

Europe is going down the wrong road by stifling freedom of speech and expression. Next will be freedom of thought. At least the U.S. we got the Bill of Rights. Too bad, Western govts. generally, including the U.S. are history ignoramuses when it comes to Islam, and attempt to apply their thinking about other minorities such as Jews and blacks to them when there's no comparison. Islam is not a race or even a religion, it's a total domination mind control Borg cult that unites state, church, everything and doesn't care about anybody or anything else but itself. To permit Muslims to immigrate to the West is tantamount to cultural suicide, destroying everything it ever built. How can you catch up on the key facts of the history of Islam, its rise, spread and umpteen sects? Try the Historyscoper's free Quick History of Islam for History Ignoramuses at http://go.to/islamhistory