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Freedom of speech?

Victoria Derbyshire | 09:19 UK time, Wednesday, 14 October 2009

A Dutch MP, banned from the UK because of what have been described as his Islamophobic views is now coming to Britain next week - and we're planning to speak to him on the programme this morning.

Geert Wilders, Dutch Mp

Yesterday the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal overturned the ban on Geert Wilders who tried to visit London in February but was turned away when he arrived at Heathrow. He was invited by by the UKIP peer Lord Pearson to show his film Fitna to the House of Lords.The film intercuts verses from the Koran with footage of 9/11 and the Madrid bombings - you can .

Originally the Home Office barred him saying his presence "would pose a genuine, present and significantly serious threat to one of the fundamental interests of society. The Secretary of State is satisfied that Mr Wilders' statements about Musllims and their beliefs, as expressed in the film and elsewhere, would threaten community harmony and therefore public safety in the UK".

Is it right that Mr Wilders comes to the UK and shows his film?

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