Washington: Geert Wilders, a right-wing Dutch politician arrived in the U.S. Thursday to show his controversial film attacking Islam and is meeting with lawmakers in Washington.

The 16-minute documentary juxtaposes passages of the Quran with the Setember 11 attacks and Madrid and London bombings, suggesting that the Quran contributes to Islamic extremists.

Geert Wilders says he fears the Islamization of Europe but his short film on the subject has provoked death threats, Muslim protests and led the UK to refuse him entry.

He says if liberal lawmakers in Europe can ban Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” then they should also bar Islam’s holy book.

But his critics argue he is twisting selected passages from the Quran to suit his argument in the same way that extremists do to promote terrorism.

The controversial MP who is facing legal issues in the Netherlands for hate speech has gathered some support for freedom of speech, while others feel he only provokes hatred, supporting ban.

Geert Wilders said in an interview: “I believe that we should be proud and stand up and say, well we don’t want our children and grandchildren living in a world, in a country dominated by Islamic culture that is only at the end of the day costing us all our freedoms.”…I have nothing against Muslims, but I am very much afraid of the Islamization of our continent.”

He also said: “Islam is not just another religion. I believe Islam is more a totalitarian ideology. I have nothing against Muslims. The majority of Muslims in our societies are law-abiding people.”

Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament, was initially invited by a member of the House of Lords to showcase his film but was rejected after the British government felt his presence posed a threat to the “fundamental interests of society.”

Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive and a founding member of the Manchester based Ramadhan foundation, one of the UK’s principal Muslim youth organisations supports Britain’s ban and feels this is not an impediment of free speech but a halt of religious hatred.

Radwan Masmoudi, from the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy said: “I know he doesn’t have a beard and he looks nice with his blonde hair, but his views and his opinions are extremely mirror image, exactly mirror images of what Al Qaeda has been trying to teach. He is the al Qaeda of the Netherlands.”