The Dutch parliament has decided against allowing anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders to stage a show of American cartoons based on the prophet Mohammed, the Dutch News website reports today (June 3, 2015).
The organization that oversees the running of parliament -- known as the Presidium -- turned down Wilders' request because the proposed show does not meet the criteria parliament has agreed.
Exhibitions in parliament must focus on the role of parliament and should not offer a platform to party political statements. Moreover, the exhibitions should not be controversial, the rules state.
The cartoons were entries in a competition staged by an American anti-Islam organization in the state of Texas last month, and Wilders was in the U.S. for the prize-giving ceremony. After Wilders had left the building, it was attacked by two radical Muslims, both of whom were shot dead by police.
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