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Two far-right parties have been slammed for organising what they describe as an 'Islam safari' through a neighourhood in Brussels, which has been branded the jihadist centre of Europe.

Former Dutch presidential candidate Geert Wilders, who heads his country's opposition Party for Freedom (PVV), has joined forces with the Flemish Interest party in Belgium.

Wilders says he and he his Belgian counterpart, Filip Dewinter, will visit Molenbeek in the Belgian capital on Friday.

The area had links to nine known perpetrators of the November 2015 Paris attacks, including Salah Abdeslam, who is set to stand trial accused of supporting the terror cell which killed 130 people.

It is also believed to be the place where the attacks on Brussels airport and metro stations were planned.

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Molenbeek has a large Muslim population, and the pair have been accused of inciting hatred .

Mayor of Molenbeek Francoise Schepmans took offence to the term "safari", and said she would take the necessary measures to prevent the visit by the two controversial politicians.

Dewinter said he had not heard of any ban and added: "We will go anyway."

The Belgian politician said he did not choose the term "Islam safari" to provoke an outrage among the citizens of Molenbeek.

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Dewinter said: "Geert and I will make a journey through Molenbeek and Brussels, through neighbourhoods which are occupied by Islam.

"What is the reality in Molenbeek? That Arabic is the spoken language, that the mosque has replaced the city hall and that the imam is the mayor. That is the provocation.

"But the outside world cannot know all that. And thus we are not allowed in. It is the world upside down."

Wilders said in an interview with Belgian media that the intended visit is not a provocation.

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Wilders said: "How can it be a provocation? Molenbeek belongs to the Belgians, not to them.

"I have compared Molenbeek once with Gaza, but perhaps Raqqa [the fallen capital of the so-called Islamic State] is a better comparison.

"Only Molenbeek has not yet been freed."

In the interview Wilders said that Hitler's book Mein Kampf is "less anti-Semitic than the Koran.

Wilders said: "The freedom of religion does not count for totalitarian ideologies."

Wilders has previously campaigned to ban the Islamic holy text.