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Dutch lawmaker wins appeal against ban from UK | Faith Freedom International
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A far-right Dutch lawmaker who was refused entry to Britain won an appeal against his ban on Tuesday, a tribunal spokeswoman said.
Geert Wilders, 46, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), was sent back to the Netherlands on a plane shortly after being detained by immigration officials on arrival at London’s Heathrow airport on February 12.
Wilders had been invited to screen “Fitna” — his controversial 17-minute film about Islam in the Netherlands — in the House of Lords, Britain’s unelected upper chamber of parliament.
- “Fitna”, which likens Islam to Nazism and juxtaposes images of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States with pictures of the Koran, has been described as “offensively anti-Islamic” by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Dutch lawmaker wins appeal against ban from UK | Faith Freedom International
