Friday, December 7, 2012

High security alert in Belgium over fresh anti-Islam film.


High security alert in Belgium over fresh anti-Islam film.(VOR). Belgium has raised security alert to level 3, the last but one level of alert in the country, after a terror threat warning was issued ahead of another anti-Islam film, mocking the Prophet Mohammed, local media reported Friday. The Innocent Prophet was produced by Imran Firasat, a Pakistani living in Spain, and is said to depict the Islamic prophet in a negative light. Mr. Firasat confessed he was inspired by the scandalous US-made film, The Innocence of Muslims, which had sparked riots in the Arab world, with crowds protesting outside American embassies. The federal Crisis Centre has called for extra vigilance on the part of all police units in Belgium in preparation for the release of a new anti-Islam film next Friday. The body that keeps tabs on the terrorist threat in Belgium, the OCAD, has just heightened the country's terror alert level from two to three, meaning 'severe'. A five minute-long promotional video on the Internet announces the new film by a Pakistani living in Spain. Imran Firasat calls himself an ex-Muslim and promises "to reveal the sordid truth about the Prophet Mohammed.” Peter Mertens of the Crisis Centre confirms, "The trailer can be perceived as Islamophobic," making it necessary to raise the terror threat level.Read the full story here.

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