Jakarta, 1 April (AKI) - Indonesia has banned the controversial anti-Koran film by the Dutch right-wing MP, Geert Wilders.

The Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (photo) called for calm in the mainly Muslim nation on Tuesday and said that Wilders would also be barred from entering the country.

Wilders' 17-minute film entitled Fitna, criticised Islam's holy book, the Koran. The film sets verses of the Koran against a background of images from terrorist attacks. It accuses Islam of inspiring violence.

Small groups of protestors had gathered outside the embassy of the Netherlands in Jakarta to protest against the film. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation with some 90 percent of its 230 million people following Islam.

The Dutch government has condemned the film and Dutch broadcasters have avoided showing it. The video had been posted on a video-sharing website.

Reports say that Wilders has received death threats and is under police protection.