Dutch radical right MP Geert Wilders has been invited to show his anti-Qur'an movie Fitna in the British House of Lords. The invitation was extended by Lord Pearson, the leader of the nationalist UK Independence Party and Baroness Cox, a non-aligned member of the House of Lords.
Fitna is a short, collage-style cinematographic pamphlet suggesting a connection between terrorist attacks and the teachings of the Qur'an.
Mr Wilders has accepted the invitation and announced that he will address members of the House of Lords on 5 March. An earlier attempt to show the movie in London failed when customs officials refused the Dutch MP entry, citing his ideas about Islam which would constitute a threat to public order in the United Kingdom. A British court quashed the ban in October.
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I think as a human being we love every human being who whether from any religion . In this world people came for prayer not for war, so no requirement to anybody to hurt any religion.
He's not going to address the House of Lords. No commoner is allowed to to that. Not even the British prime minister.
He will show his silly little video in some room somewhere in the parliamentary complex and anyone who likes will be able to show up and watch it.
Hopefully, anyone who is interested has already seen it and the rest will be too busy to do so. This man thrives on the oxygen of publicity.
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