WASHINGTON -- Until recently Morocco was more likely to be associated with tourism, rather than terrorism. That trend however is slowly changing.

SHARJAH, UAE / AMSTERDAM -- There was vigorous debate before and shortly after the screening of the controversial Dutch film "Fitna," which portrayed Islam as inherently violent. While the worldwide attention generated from the film has since died down, it is worth taking a look back to examine what role, if any, the media played on the impact of this event on Muslim-Western relations.

Reflection on Geert Wilders Film

How to Combat the 'Fitna' Movie and Similar Provocations

Relying on film clips from terrorist attacks randomly interspersed with Koranic recitations, "Fitna" (loosely translated as "strife" in Arabic) is an amateurish work of propaganda which has been largely discounted by European politicians and Muslim groups alike.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch deputy who became a target of Islamic extremists, Friday hit out at the government of the Netherlands for refusing to pay for her protection in the United States.

A Belgian court found nine people guilty on Thursday of belonging to an extremist group linked to the deadly Madrid train bombings two years ago and attacks in Casablanca in 2003.

Although freedom of religion and freedom of speech are both fundamental rights, they sometimes come into conflict with each other, as is the case with the caricatures recently published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten dep