Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders provoked angry scenes outside Parliament yesterday after claiming that Islamism and democracy are 'incompatible'.Mr Wilders was visiting London to show his anti-Islamic film Fitna at the House of Lords.
About 200 members of the English Defence League marching in support had to be kept apart from anti-fascist demonstrators chanting 'Nazi scum, off our streets' by lines of police.
EDL members, some of them carrying English flags, chanted back: 'No surrender to the Taliban.'
About 50 arrests were made, mostly those taking part in the protest organised by Unite Against Fascism, a police spokesman said.
Mr Wilder's visit to Britain came after his far-right party scored major gains in Dutch elections.
The 46-year-old Freedom Party leader is now on course to win the most Parliamentary seats in the country's June 9 election.
If so, it would be impossible for the current coalition government to rule without forging a strong coalition with him.
He could even land the title of prime minister, after a new poll showed that he was fifth on the list of Dutch voters' preferred candidates.
Mr Wilders said: 'Islamism and democracy are incompatible.
'The more Islamism we have, the more freedom we will lose and this is something worth fighting for'.
Mr Wilders called for an end to immigration to Europe from Islamic countries but said Muslims who agreed to obey the law of the land would be welcome to stay.
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