The anti-Islam campaigner has drawn condemnation from Australian Muslims, who said his visit would inflame the tensions that led to riots in which about 100 people clashed with police in the centre of Sydney.
"Geert Wilders is adamant to visit Australia with the intention of attacking Islam and creating further animosity and hatred between Australian communities," said Islamic Association of Victoria secretary Baha Yehia.
"This is a man who has compared the Koran with Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and who was charged by the Dutch government in 2010 for having incited racial hatred through his public pronouncements."
Australian sheik Feiz Mohammed called for Mr Wilders's beheading in September 2010. » | Rick Morton and Lanai Vasek | The Australian | Wednesday, October 03, 2012
