FITNA GOES STATESIDE

Controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders is in the United States this week for a showing of his anti-Islam film Fitna. His visit hasn't attracted the publicity he received when he was banned from entering Britain recently, but Mr Wilders hasn't gone completely un-noticed in the US media.

Conservative Republican Senator Jon Kyl invited Mr Wilders to Washington. Mr Kyl represents the State of Arizona and illegal Mexican immigrants are a priority for him. But he also warns against Muslim extremists and believes Mr Wilders can contribute to the debate and should not be silenced.

Representative Keith Ellison from Minnesota - the first and only Muslim member of Congress - protested against the showing of Fitna in a Senate room. Not because it's a freedom of speech issue, he says, but because "it is inappropriate to use the United States Capitol as a venue for the condemnation of an entire religion."
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March 5, 2009