Muslims seek to ban anti-Koran film
Published: March 22, 2008 at 10:54 PM
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 22 (UPI) -- Muslims in the Netherlands demonstrated Saturday against a film on the Koran made by a right-wing member of parliament.
The protest in Amsterdam occurred the day after the Netherlands Islamic Federation asked a court to determine if Geert Wilders could be blocked from showing the film, Deutsche Welle reported. The court is scheduled to rule next Friday on whether to set up a board of censors to review the film.
Non-Muslim groups participated in the protest, arguing that Wilders, head of the Party for Freedom, is a racist.
The government has said it believes Wilders cannot be stopped from showing his movie. Officials have suggested that he suppress it voluntarily.
Wilders has not been able to find a broadcaster willing to show the film. He has said he will post it online by April 1 if he can find no other way to release it.
In the short movie, Wilders tries to show that the Koran is "Fascist."
The protest in Amsterdam occurred the day after the Netherlands Islamic Federation asked a court to determine if Geert Wilders could be blocked from showing the film, Deutsche Welle reported. The court is scheduled to rule next Friday on whether to set up a board of censors to review the film.
Non-Muslim groups participated in the protest, arguing that Wilders, head of the Party for Freedom, is a racist.
The government has said it believes Wilders cannot be stopped from showing his movie. Officials have suggested that he suppress it voluntarily.
Wilders has not been able to find a broadcaster willing to show the film. He has said he will post it online by April 1 if he can find no other way to release it.
In the short movie, Wilders tries to show that the Koran is "Fascist."
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