Dutch submission
Recently, I reported on the arrest warrants issued by a Jordanian prosecutor against Dutch politician Geert Wilders for producing a short film (Fitna), which was critical of Islam, as well as 11 Danish journalists connected to the Danish cartoons that sparked a world wide outrage by Muslims.
Now it is reported that the group that brought the complaint in Jordan, "Messenger of Allah Unites Us", has launched a move to have Dutch products boycotted across the Muslim world. According to a spokesman, the only way Dutch companies could escape the boycott was to place newspaper ads condemning Wilders' film.
Sure enough, two Dutch companies, Zwanenberg Food Group and Friesland Foods, have quickly submitted. Zwanenberg has placed an ad in Jordanian papers in which it condemns the film and expresses "solidarity with the efforts of 'Messenger of Allah Unites Us' in its attempts to pass international legislation banning insults to religions including Islam and the Prophet Mohammed (Peace be with Him)".
Keep those two companies in mind when you go to the grocery store.
1 comment:
Will do. If the Dutch give in how about a boycott of their goods here in the US. Our market is bigger than theirs. A boycott by Americans would be worse.
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