Category: Geert Wilders
The idea that intentionally offending someone is a criminal offense should be a matter for Kafka or comic opera, but such is the advance of multiculturalism in the Netherlands today, and the rest of Europe is not all that far behind. Geert Wilders, the Dutch Parliamentarian who produced the film Fitna, went on trial January 20 for charges including having “intentionally offended a group of people, i.e. Muslims.” Political correctness is always an attack on free speech. MORE
From the Brussels Journal ("The Voice of Conservatism in Europe"): "In November 2008 a Dutch journalist, Joanie de Rijke, was abducted by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. She was held captive, raped repeatedly, and released after six days for a ransom of 100,000 euros ($137,000). Read more »
"The manager of a prominent Nashville hotel cancelled a contract with a conservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radical Islam, apparently after learning that the group would feature a keynote address by controversial Dutch parliamentarian and filmmaker, Geert Wilders. Muslim groups succeeded in preventing Wilders from screening Fitna, his 15-minute movie on radical Islam, in the House of Lords this February, on claims it was insulting to Muslims, and dogged him during a recent U.S. Read more »
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) insists that Florida GOP leaders demand that Rep. Adam Hasner step down from his leadership post for co-hosting a "Free Speech Summit" at which Dutch politician Geert Wilders was a featured speaker. Wilders has drawn Muslim ire for supporting the right of Dutch newspapers to freedom of the press concerning Muslim activities, including the publishing of political cartoons about Islam. Read more »
