Dutch Businesses Threaten To Sue Wilders Over “Fitna”
Posted by avideditor on April 11, 2008
Dutch Businesses Threaten To Sue Wilders Over “Fitna”: ”
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THE HAGUE— Dutch businesses Saturday threatened to sue far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders if his anti-Islam film led to a commercial boycott, as several more Muslim countries condemned it.
‘I don’t know if Wilders is rich, or well-insured, but in the case of a boycott, we would look to see if we could make him bear responsibility,’ Bernard Wientjes, chairman of the Dutch employers’ organisation VNO-NCW, told the newspaper Het Financieel Dagblad.
‘A boycott would hurt Dutch exports. Businesses such as Shell, Philips and Unilever are easily identifiable as Dutch companies,’ he was quoted as saying.
Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad suggested a boycott on Saturday, echoing a similar call by media in Jordan.
‘If we boycott Dutch products, they will have to close down their businesses,’ Mohamad told reporters. ‘If the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims unite and say they won’t buy, then it (the boycott) will be effective.’
Since the release of the 17-minute documentary ‘Fitna’ on the Internet on Thursday, Muslim nations including Malaysia and Singapore have condemned the film, as has UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Although there were no mass disturbances in the Netherlands, in Utrecht two cars were set ablaze overnight, with a slogan calling for the death of Wilders.
(AFP)
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