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Ezra Levant on Geert Wilders’ acquital

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:36:55 +0000

A Dutch court on Thursday acquitted controversial right-wing populist politician Geert Wilders on all charges relating to anti-Islamic statements he made in his films and on the Internet. The court said Wilders’ comments had been part of a legitimate public debate. After nearly six months, a trial against Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders ended Thursday in Amsterdam. A court acquitted the right-wing populist politician on charges of incitement, racial hatred and discrimination against Muslims. In his verdict, leading judge Marcel van Oosten said that, while Wilders’ statements were indeed offensive to Muslims, they were also part of the legitimate political debate. Wilders’ claim that Islam is a violent religion and his demands for an immigration ban for Muslims had to be viewed in the context of the larger societal debate about immigration policies, the judge argued. He said the statements could not be directly blamed for increasing levels of discrimination against Dutch Muslims. Wilders’ supporters greeted the ruling, and the politician himself smiled as he left the courtroom. The politician had been on trial since October 2010 because he compared the Koran with Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” in Internet forums and in “Fitna” , a film he made that was extremely critical of Islam. In his closing statement, Wilders said that his controversial statements against Islam were protected by the right to free speech. Wilders said he believed the process of Islamization presents a …

Geert Wilders – Islam, and the freedom of speech (1/4)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:34:10 +0000

Part 2; www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAw8u2WLmQ Part 3; www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52vlNjHuzA Part 4; www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZMSrliptyA Geert Wilders contribution at the danish conferance; “Islam, and the freedom of speech” The danish free press society once again invited the dutch politician Geert Wilders, who among other great “anti-islamic celebs” held a speech worthy of remembrance. Geert is the leader of the dutch national conservative party; Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) “The party for freedom”. Recently the dutch voters made PVV the 2.nd largest party in the Netherlands. Among the attendees and great speech holders where the apostate syrian author Wafa Sultan and the vice president of the international free press society, Diane West. “We will never give in” “We will never give up” “We will never surrender” “We have to win, and yes – we will win” – Geert Wilders www.pvv.nl www.internationalfreepresssociety.org

Very important about Geert Wilders’ trial and freedom of speech

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:35:43 +0000

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Hate speech or Free speech? Geert Wilders on trial

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:31:04 +0000

The trial of a Dutch anti-islam politician charged with hate crimes has begun in Amsterdam. It is a landmark case testing the limits of free speech in the Netherlands. Geert Wilders has been charged with incitement of hatred and discrimination against Muslims. In his short film, Fitna, he compared the Koran to Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Supporters of Mr Wilders have been demonstrating outside the Amsterdam court. If he loses he faces two years in prison.