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  Updated: July 02, 2008

'Fitna' producer worried for charges in Jordan

By: Anjum Kermani

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Blasphemer Geert Wilders, a Dutch legislator, will not be prosecuted for inciting hatred of Muslims with his film denouncing the Quran, prosecutor said this week.

Prosecutor said his film "Fitna," or "Ordeal" in Arabic, and statements Wilders wrote in Dutch newspapers were hurtful and insulting but not criminal.

The film aroused protests around the Muslim world after it was released on the Internet in March.

"I've had enough of Islam in the Netherlands; let not one more Muslim immigrate," he wrote in the paper. "I've had enough of the Quran in the Netherlands: Forbid that fascist book."

Prosecution spokeswoman Hanneke Festen said Wilders' statements were allowable under Dutch law, which forbids inciting hatred against groups on the basis of their race or creed but also grants leeway to freedom of speech.

Wilders told The Associated Press he was not surprised by the decision.

Wilders said he hopes prosecutors will send a copy of their decision to prosecutors in Jordan, where he faces a lawsuit. Wilders has said he is worried he could be arrested if he leaves the Netherlands because Jordan has informed Interpol he is wanted to face charges there.                 


 
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