Geert Wilders, the right-wing Dutch politician and the maker of anti-Islamic short film "Fitna" is in the US on the invitation of Republican Senator John Kyl to show the film to lawmakers in a Senate building near the Capitol.
Wilders made the film "Fitna," which means disagreement and division among people in Arabic, in 2008. The film shows excerpts from Islamic holy book Quran, which Wilders claims, motivates its followers to hate all who violate the Islamic teachings. He also claims that the book encourages acts of terrorism, anti-Semitism, violence against women and Islamic universalism.
The film shows media clips and newspaper clipping describing acts of violence of hatred by Muslims and concerns about the influence of Islam on the Netherlands and in Europe.
The film was banned in Muslim communities. The Dutch government immediately distanced itself from the film. Several Muslim organizations and political parties have boycotted against Dutch products. The most populous Muslim country Indonesia banned several web sites as Youtube, MySpace, Metacafe and Rapidshare. However, the ban has been lifted now.
Wilders was denied entry in Britain claiming he was a threat to public order. However, he said that if liberal lawmakers in Europe can ban Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" then they should also bar Islam's holy book.
His critics argue that he is twisting selected passages from the Quran to suit his argument in the same way that extremists do to promote terrorism.
In an interview with CNN, Wilders said, "It would be ridiculous to say all Muslims are terrorists. This is nonsense. But most of the terrorists in the world today are Muslims..."
"Islam is not just another religion. I believe Islam is more a totalitarian ideology. I have nothing against Muslims. The majority of Muslims in our societies are law-abiding people," he added.
He further said, "I believe that we should be proud and stand up and say, well we don't want our children and grandchildren living in a world, in a country dominated by Islamic culture that is only at the end of the day costing us all our freedoms. "...I have nothing against Muslims, but I am very much afraid of the Islamization of our continent."
Check out this 17 min long film.
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