Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders to show Prophet Mohammed cartoons on TV

Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders plans to broadcast cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed on TV in a party political broadcast.

Wilders, the leader of the Netherlands' Party for Freedom, intends to exploit a loophole in Dutch political broadcasting laws to display controversial images to support those "who use the pen and not the sword".

Dutch political parties get a portion airtime for political broadcasts each year and authorities have no say in what they can show.

Many Muslims find drawings of the Prophet to be disrespectful to Islam, and depicting him is generally considered distasteful, or even blasphemous.

In an interview with the far-right blog Breitbart London, Wilders said he would be presenting the cartoons himself, saying “it will be like a walk though a museum".

He added: “We should protect freedom of speech, and we should not give in to terrorists. We should use the paper and pencil to win over those who use guns.”

Dilly Hussein, deputy editor of 5PillarsUK.com, told ITV News that he "wasn't surprised that an individual like Geert Wilders" would use a loophole to broadcast insults to the Prophet Mohammed.

"This will cause nothing but animosity in the Muslim community," he said. "Gratuitous insults are not conducive to happy society."