'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Fitna'

'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Fitna'
21th April 2008
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/04/21/forum-039the-da-vinci-code039-and-039fitna039.html

Before The Da Vinci Code movie was released, I read the book as well as Angels & Demons by the same author. Both these books are almost blasphemous to Catholicism.
During my visit to the Vatican as a tourist, I asked my guide about his opinion on these two books. He replied he didn't like to read trash like that.
When the movie was released, I called my Italian friend to find out whether it had been banned there. He said no. In fact it was being shown there freely and was attracting crowds.
So as a person who is neither a Christian nor a Muslim, I wonder why this movie, which claims Jesus had married and fathered a daughter, was shown freely in the very heartland of Catholicism. Yet there is so much resistance in screening Fitna here. If it is trash, people may see and dismiss its contents. Why can't Muslims look at such silly things as trash and avoid giving free publicity to this movie? By banning it, it may encourage its illegal screenings and hike up its value as "forbidden fruit".
K.B. Kale, Jakarta