Posted on 04/07/2008 1:38:28 PM PDT by knighthawk
THE HAGUE, 08/04/08 - MP Geert Wilders does not incite to hatred or violence against Muslims. His comparison of Islam with Fascism is permissible, a district court in The Hague ruled yesterday.
The Netherlands Islamic Federation (NIF) had put forward a number of statements by the Party for Freedom (PVV) leader in a summary injunction. The NIF considered that Wilders had broken the law by comparing Islam with Fascism, calling the Koran the Islamic version of Hitler's Mein Kampf and the Prophet Mohammed a barbarian. All remarks are legal, the court decided yesterday.
The foundation demanded that Wilders take back his statements. But the court said: "A parliamentarian must be able to put forward his views." And "the right of freedom of speech is decisive here."
Wilders does not have to make a correction. This would according to the court be the same as a forced apology and therefore at odds with the principle of freedom of speech. "Regret cannot be forced with a verdict," according to the ruling.
According to the court, Fascism must be viewed more broadly than the NIF does. The federation of Turkish Muslims associates the term with "malignancies of Nazi Germany" such as the Holocaust. But the court said Fascism is a "collective term for ideologies with principles that embrace a totalitarian political system that leaves no room for dissenters."
NIF did not disprove that ideas are prevalent in Islam that are at odds with democratic principles. The group also did not succeed, according to the judge, in refuting Wilders' view of Mohammed being a barbarian.
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Let the wining and bitching commence!
I am glad some of the Dutch are waking up. All these Muslims know how to is proclaim fatwas and riot and scream and cry. How many uncomplimentary comments etc. etc. are made about Christ (I am being mild here)—even jokes about Buddha. But we don’t proclaim fatwas and do what they do. Are they not secure enough in their belief that they have to resort to this?
SILENCE! I KILL YOU!!!
Jeff Dunham and Achmed, the Dead Terrorist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go
Oh, the Islamists were planning on taking as much as they could BEFORE resorting to violence.
The violence now comes.
Thank you for that link! :D
WOW! I say again: WOW!! There actually is a Judge who has the T.G’s to stand up for Freedom of Speech and say what Islam is all about. I do hope the Judge has a personal body guard. I’m sure the peace loving Muslims will be showing their support for him soon enough.
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“The group also did not succeed, according to the judge, in refuting Wilders’ view of Mohammed being a barbarian.”
Hell no! They would have had to offer evidence to the contrary, and there is none.
the court said Fascism is a "collective term for ideologies with principles that embrace a totalitarian political system that leaves no room for dissenters."...which, by a weird coincidence, is exactly what the Moslem plaintiffs were trying to get the court to do.
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