The leading Dutch far-right parliamentarian Geert Wilders, whose anti-Islam film got world-wide attention after it was posted on the internet, has said that he was pleased with the calm reaction in his country. "I am happy with the positive reactions and the fact that we had a quiet night ... it was not my intention to cause riots," he told AFP. The 17-minute film called "Fitna", features violent imagery of attacks in New York and Madrid intertwined with texts from the Koran. "My goals were to show people that to keep our freedom we should stop Islamisation and to get a debate going not only with people who agree with me but also people who disagree with me," he said.
In Jordan, journalists who have formed a coalition to protest against the movie said they would take Wilders to court over his film. They also urged Arab leaders to review ties with the Netherlands. "We held an urgent meeting Thursday evening and decided to sue the extremist and Zionist deputy Geert Wilders,” a spokesman for the group said. The coalition of 30 Jordanian independent newspapers, websites and radios also wants to initiate a campaign to boycott Dutch products
Earlier this month, 48 Jordanian MPs demanded the government sever ties with Denmark to protest the reprinting of a controversial cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed in February.
