Dutch anti-Islam MP arrives in London

Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has arrived in Britain to attempt to screen his controversial anti-Islam film 'Fitna




Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has arrived in Britain to attempt to screen his controversial anti-Islam film 'Fitna.'

Wilders, there on the invitation of far-right UK Independence Party leader Lord Pearson, is to present the movie to the House of Lords, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

The far-right filmmaker sent shockwaves through both secular and faith-based communities with his defamatory film linking Islam to extremism. He has also calls for a ban on the Qur'an.

Previously, British officials refused the 46-year-old politician entry into the county denouncing him as a "genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to one of the fundamental interests of society."

Fitna, which means ordeal, has also been called "offensively anti-Islamic" by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

In 2009, a court appeal in Amsterdam ordered his prosecution for "the incitement to hatred and discrimination."

The film outraged Muslims around the world, prompting them to attend mass rallies to condemn the Dutch lawmaker.