Anti-Islamic film on screen in Washington
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican Senator Jon Kyl is hosting a film screening at the capitol building in Washington D.C. for a far-right Dutch lawmaker who claims that Islam inspires terrorism.
Kyl is sponsoring the Thursday event for Geert Wilders, who was denied entry to London earlier this month because British officials said he posed a threat to public order.
Wilders' 15-minute film juxtaposes verses from the Quran with images of violence by Muslims. Wilders has called the Quran a "fascist book" and said it should be banned.
Kyl agreed to facilitate the event because "all too often, people who have the courage to point out the dangers of militant Islamists find themselves vilified and endangered," according to Kyl’s spokesman Ryan Patmintra.
Thursday's event is being sponsored by the International Free Press Society, headed by Danish activist Lars Hedegaard, and the Center for Security Policy, a think tank in D.C. led by Republican Frank Gaffney.
The event is closed to the public and the media, but the film is being offered to members of the U.S. congress and their staff in the ornate "LBJ room," a Senate office once used by President Lyndon B. Johnson when he was vice president.
Wilders' 15-minute film juxtaposes verses from the Quran with images of violence by Muslims. Wilders has called the Quran a "fascist book" and said it should be banned.
Kyl agreed to facilitate the event because "all too often, people who have the courage to point out the dangers of militant Islamists find themselves vilified and endangered," according to Kyl’s spokesman Ryan Patmintra.
Thursday's event is being sponsored by the International Free Press Society, headed by Danish activist Lars Hedegaard, and the Center for Security Policy, a think tank in D.C. led by Republican Frank Gaffney.
The event is closed to the public and the media, but the film is being offered to members of the U.S. congress and their staff in the ornate "LBJ room," a Senate office once used by President Lyndon B. Johnson when he was vice president.