Sunday, April 6, 2008

Muslims should boycott Dutch goods over film: Iran


TEHRAN (Reuters) -
Iran's parliament speaker called on
Muslim nations on Sunday to boycott Dutch products in response
to a film by a Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of
inciting violence, Iranian media reported.

"The best reaction by the Islamic world is to avoid buying
products made in those countries that allow themselves to
insult Islam," Iran's state broadcaster IRIB quoted
parliamentary speaker Gholamali Haddadadel as saying.

Haddadadel said European countries "would retreat from the
path they are taking once they see their economies are in
danger."

Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Freedom Party
in the Netherlands, launched his short video on the Internet
last month, drawing condemnation from Muslim nations including
Iran and Indonesia.

A group of about 40 hardline students held a peaceful
demonstration outside the Dutch embassy in Tehran on Saturday.

Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to
Tehran last month to protest against the video and called it
"heinous and blasphemous."

Wilders' film urges Muslims to tear out "hate-filled"
verses from the Koran, mixing images of bombings with
quotations from Islam's holy book.

The video starts and ends with a cartoon of the Prophet
Mohammad
with a bomb under his turban, accompanied by the sound
of ticking.

The cartoon, first published in Danish newspapers, ignited
violent protests around the world in 2006. More than 50 people
were killed in those riots in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

(Writing by Zahra Hosseinian; editing by Robert Woodward)

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