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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7885918.stm
Banned Dutch MP held at Heathrow
A Dutch MP who called the Koran a “fascist book” is to be sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to defy a ban on entering the UK.
Freedom Party MP Geert Wilders was invited to show his controversial film - which links the Islamic holy book to terrorism - in the UK’s House of Lords.
But Mr Wilders, who faces trial in his own country for inciting hatred, has been denied entry by the Home Office.
He is currently being questioned by immigration officials at Heathrow.
The Dutch Ambassador was also at Heathrow to make clear his government’s opposition to the ban on Mr Wilders entering the UK.
‘Free speech’
Mr Wilders’ film Fitna caused outrage across the Muslim world when it was posted on the internet last year.
He was invited to the House of Lords by the UK Independence Party’s Lord Pearson.
The peer said it was a “matter of free speech”, telling the BBC: “We are going to show it anyway because we think MPs and peers should see this film.”
He added: “The film isn’t offensive unless you are a violent Islamist. Most of my Muslim friends think it’s a very good film.”
Fitna’s opening scenes show a copy of the Koran followed by footage of the 9/11 attacks in the US and the bombings in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005.
The Dutch prime minister has said the film serves “no purpose other than to offend”.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the BBC’s Hardtalk: “The home secretary made a decision on an individual case as she is required to do.”
He added that the film contained “extreme anti-Muslim hate and we have very clear laws in this country”.
Mr Miliband also said: “We have profound commitment to freedom of speech but there is no freedom to cry ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre and there is no freedom to stir up hate, religious and racial hatred, according to the laws of the land.”
The Home Office said there was a blanket ban on Mr Wilders entering the UK under EU laws enabling member states to exclude someone whose presence could threaten public security.
“The government opposes extremism in all forms,” it said in a statement, adding that it had tightened up rules on excluding those engaging in “unacceptable behaviour” in October.
Translation into English:
“The government opposes truth in all forms,” it said in a statement, adding that it had tightened up rules on excluding those engaging in “truth-telling” in October.
“The government opposes extremism in all forms,”
Before too long the same will apply here in the US. I.E., we ‘vigilantes’, as Bush called us, who want our immigration laws enforced will also be considered extremists. Make no mistake.