Muslims Seek to Ban Anti-Koran Film

Muslims in the Netherlands demonstrated Saturday against a film on the Koran made by a right-wing member of parliament.

The protest in Amsterdam occurred the day after the Netherlands Islamic Federation asked a court to determine if Geert Wilders could be blocked from showing the film, Deutsche Welle reported. The court is scheduled to rule next Friday on whether to set up a board of censors to review the film.

Non-Muslim groups participated in the protest, arguing that Wilders, head of the Party for Freedom, is a racist.

The government has said it believes Wilders cannot be stopped from showing his movie. Officials have suggested that he suppress it voluntarily.

Wilders has not been able to find a broadcaster willing to show the film. He has said he will post it online by April 1 if he can find no other way to release it.

In the short movie, Wilders tries to show that the Koran is Fascist.