British Independent European deputy Gerard Batten (L) and far-right Dutch deputy Geert Wilders, author of the anti-Islamic film “Fitna,” hold a press conference, on December 17, 2008 at the European Parliament in the northeastern French city of Strasbourg. The European Parliament on December 17 banned the planned screening of the 17-minute film, featuring shocking imagery of the attacks on New York in 2001 and Madrid in 2004 combined with quotes from the Koran, Islam’s holy book. The film has been called “offensively anti-Islamic” by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. PHOTO/DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
