PRESS TV: The European Parliament has banned the screening of an anti-Islam film made by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker saying it incites hatred.
Leaders of various blocs in the European Parliament said Wednesday that they would not allow the film Fitna by MP Geert Wilders to be shown, reiterating their earlier decision taken in March.
EU Parliament President, Hans-Gert Poettering, and leaders made the decision after the film caused "problems" when shown in the Netherlands, said a spokeswoman for the parliament's presidency.
Earlier, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, said the movie was “offensively anti-Islamic.”
The screening of the film in the Netherlands sparked protests by world Muslims.
Wilders who is also the leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Party (PVV), called the decision a kind of "censorship."
He had earlier expressed concern over the rapid pace of the growth of Islam in the West. [Source: PRESS TV] RZS/RE | Thursday, December 18, 2008
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