Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala has been jailed for two months by a Belgian court for making anti-Semitic jokes during a comedy show in 2012.

Dieudonne, who is known for his use of jokes based on ethnic stereotypes, has repeatedly been convicted of racism in France and fined for hate speech. He insists he is not anti-Semitic.

The court in Liege found the comedian, known by the stage name Dieudonne, had spread racist ideas by making discriminatory, anti-Semitic and Holocaust-denying remarks in the 2012 gig in nearby Herstal.

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Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala has been jailed for two months by a Belgian court for making anti-Semitic jokes during a comedy show in 2012. Above, in a Paris courtroom in 2013

The comedian, who began his career with a Jewish sidekick in the early 1990s, is credited with inventing the 'quenelle' (above), a downward Nazi-like salute

Dieudonne, who was also fined 9,000 euro ($9,534), was not in court on Wednesday.

Judges said that the remarks, made in front of an audience of 1,100 people, were clearly calls to hatred and violence.

By calling on Christians and Muslims to unite to kill Jews, he had incited genocide.

He was also ordered to pay for the entire text of the judgment against him to be printed in two leading French-language Belgian newspapers.

In March, he was given a two-month suspended sentence for condoning terrorism in a Facebook post shortly after Islamist attacks that killed 17 people in Paris in January.

He was later fined 22,500 euros for a jibe against a radio journalist in 2013, suggesting that hearing the broadcaster speak made him think of Nazi gas chambers.

The comedian, who began his career with a Jewish sidekick in the early 1990s, is credited with inventing the 'quenelle', a downward Nazi-like salute.