http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wilders/ en-us Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:27:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042349/posts Try a little thought experiment. What would have happened in this country during the Cold War if the Soviet Union successfully neutralized anti-communists opposed to the Kremlin’s plans for world domination? Of course, Moscow strove to discredit those in America and elsewhere who opposed its totalitarian agenda – especially after Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s excesses made it fashionable to vilify patriots by accusing them of believing communists were “under every bed.” Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042349/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040214/posts In a brazen attempt to stifle free speech in the West, a Jordanian court recently summoned twelve European citizens to answer criminal charges of blasphemy and inciting hatred. Among those sought by the court is Geert Wilders, the Dutch liberal politician who made the anti-Islamist film, Fitna. Released last March, the Dutch MP’s production caused an uproar in Islamic countries, since it equated Islam with violence. Now a Middle Eastern court would like to prosecute Wilders for the “crime.” (Ironically, a Dutch court dropped charges against him for inciting hatred against Muslims with his film the day before the Jordanian... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040214/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:22:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039375/posts Dutch politician Geert Wilders was charged by a Jordanian prosecutor Tuesday with blasphemy and contempt of Muslims for making an anti-Koran film, and ordered to stand trial in Jordan, Reuters reported. The charges came one day after Dutch prosecutors decided they wouldn't take action against Wilders because he was protected by the right to free speech. FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039375/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039369/posts AMSTERDAM, 02/07/08 - Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders is considering making a sequel to his anti-Islam film Fitna. After investigating dozens of complaints against the politician, the public prosecutor's office (OM) decided on Monday that none of these indicate punishable offences. "The decision of the OM is a good overture to a book of Fitna 2," Wilders said yesterday. Wilders yesterday also asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen to summon the Jordanian ambassador in The Hague. A prosecutor in that country is preparing a case against Wilders for insulting Islam. "I do not have to keep to the laws... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039369/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:39:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038764/posts THE HAGUE, 01/07/08 - The Public Prosecutors' Office (OM) has rejected all charges against MP Geert Wilders. Neither his film Fitna nor statements he has made in the past constitute any criminal offences. In recent months, dozens of individuals and organisations have lodged charges against Wilders for discrimination and incitement to hatred, prompted by his statements and his anti-Islam film Fitna, which was released on 27 March. After examining all the charges in detail, the OM reported yesterday that it saw no grounds for prosecution. OM spokesman Leo de Wit said that "Wilders' statements only concern Islam as a religious... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038764/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:31:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025450/posts BRUSSELS, 04/06/08 - The Christian democrats (CDA), Labour (PvdA) and the conservatives (VVD), the three traditional establishment parties, want to put forward 'big names' as their front-runners in the European Parliament elections. According to Algemeen Dagblad, they thereby want to offer a counterweight to Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders. "The Netherlands wants to turn out next year in Europe with extra 'strong' front-runners to block the path of Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders," according to Algemeen Dagblad. "Certainly the three big parties are looking for a counterweight with front-runners who are well-known and popular and can... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025450/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:31:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018250/posts Geert Wilders for President! "Analysis: Dutch critic of Islam warns Bush," by Leander Schaeraeckens for UPI, May 19 (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): BRUSSELS, May 19 (UPI) -- As President George W. Bush wraps up his trip to the Middle East, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, a passionate supporter of Bush and the U.S. war on terrorism, called on him to drop his "double agenda" in the region by ending support to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia. Wilders, who briefly achieved global notoriety when he released his anti-Koran film "Fitna" in March, told United Press International that the United States... Jihad Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018250/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 19:52:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003109/posts AMSTERDAM, 18/04/08 - Rutger van Santen, chairman of the Parliamentary Press Association (PPV), has been suspended by Radio Netherlands World Service (RNW) on grounds of his prejudice against MP Geert Wilders. Van Santen is not allowed to write anything for a month. After that, he is not allowed to report on Dutch politics for another three months, newspaper De Volkskrant reported yesterday. The measure was prompted by an interview the reporter had with leftwing Green (GroenLinks) MP Tofik Dibi for TV channel Het Gesprek (The Interview). Van Santen asked Dibi to call Wilders a racist. Despite refusals by the young... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003109/posts#comment Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:40:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000563/posts The recent film "Fitna" by the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders was seen by many as an attack on Islam. Now a Saudi blogger has created a film featuring violent texts from the Bible, with the intention of showing that stereotyping can go both ways. The film "Schism" by Raed Al-Saeed, 33, is a little over six minutes in length and can be viewed on the Internet video portal YouTube. The film takes verses Spiegel Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000563/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:19:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000492/posts A series of provocations against Muslim super-sensitivity -- from Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses to Wilders' anti-Quran film Fitna -- are desensitizing Muslim intolerance, thereby helping secure the future of freedom in the democratic western world. islam-watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000492/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:00:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999149/posts It's important for Muslims to keep reminding us that there is absolutely, positively no relationship between Islam and violence. Otherwise it's easy to forget. The latest excuse for Islamic bonhomie is the documentary "Fitna" by Geert Wilders. In the 15-minute film, showing on YouTube and other Internet sites, the Dutch MP says that far from getting Islam wrong, terrorists understand their religion only too well. "Fitna" (Arabic for "upheaval" or "ordeal") has verses from the Koran -- which Wilders calls a "fascist book" -- artfully interspersed with scenes of carnage from 9/11 and the March, 2004 Madrid train bombing, as... GrasstopsUSA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999149/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998058/posts A court has refused to ban an internet-based film criticising the Koran. A group representing Dutch Muslims had sought an injunction banning right-wing politician Geert Wilders' film "Fitna," which links terror attacks by Muslim extremists with texts from the Koran. In a written judgment a civil judge at The Hague District Court said Mr Wilders' right to free speech allows him to criticise radical Islam and passages from the Muslim holy book. Mr Wilders put the film on the internet the day before lawyers representing the Netherlands Islamic Federation argued it should be outlawed because it was insulting to Muslims. breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998058/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998091/posts 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... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998091/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997630/posts KARACHI, Pakistan — More than 25,000 people rallied Sunday in the largest protest in Pakistan so far against an anti-Koran film made by a Dutch lawmaker, urging their government to expel the Netherlands ambassador. "They call this freedom of expression, but it's freedom of aggression," keynote speaker Munawwar Hasan, a leader of the main Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami, told the crowd as it chanted "God is great." The 15-minute film by Geert Wilders, which sets verses from the Muslim holy book against a background of violent images from terror attacks, was released in March. It has sparked weekly protests in Pakistan,... Fox NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997630/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 19:37:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996358/posts In his film "Fitna," right-wing Dutch populist Geert Wilders condemns Islam, the Koran and practicing Muslims. Fatma Aykut, a Muslim journalist living in Germany, describes the impact the film had on her -- and why it failed to shock. Footage of a hijacked airplane slamming into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Hate-mongering mullahs calling Muslims to a holy war. Images of the mangled corpses of victims in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. These are the tools by which right-wing Dutch populist Geert Wilders tries to "shock" his audience. But it doesn't work. Der Spiegel Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996358/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995226/posts A Dutch lawmaker whose anti-Quran film drew worldwide condemnations will edit out a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad after complaints of copyright infringement, his office said Monday. -snip- Geert Wilders used the cartoon by Danish artist Kurt Westergaard twice in the film "Fitna." The drawing, which depicts Islam's prophet wearing a bomb-shaped turban with a lit fuse, provoked violent protests in Muslim countries when it was published by European newspapers two years ago. The Danish Union of Journalists has said it would sue Wilders for copyright infringement. Wilders' spokeswoman Daphne Rozenboom said in an e-mail that Wilders would replace the... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995226/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 00:23:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1994896/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1994896/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994883/posts Geert Wilders’ much-anticipated film on the Qur’an, Fitna, was released on LiveLeak.com on Thursday, pulled by LiveLeak on Friday after death threats, and by Saturday couldn’t be stopped: it had gone viral, having been posted in innumerable places all over the Internet. (You can watch it at my website Jihad Watch.)But many, many people are still trying to make sure you don’t see it. Iran urged European leaders to block the film, and summoned the Slovenia representative in Tehran (Slovenia currently holds the EU presidency) to lodge an official protest, as Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini called it a... HUMAN EVENTS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994883/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 04:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994853/posts To: The Dutch Government WHEREAS Geert Wilders has exercised his fundamental human right of freedom of expression and spoken out, with facts and evidence, of the threat posed by radical Islam; WHEREAS certain elements within Islamic communities have threatened a boycott of Dutch goods if Geert Wilders is not punished by the Dutch government for exercising his freedom of expression; and WHEREAS certain elements in Dutch industry and the Dutch government are suggesting that Geert Wilders be prosecuted civilly or criminally, in order to prevent such a boycott; IT IS RESOLVED that, in the event that the Dutch government attempts,... PetitionOnline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994853/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994846/posts Here is open bloodlust and Islamic supremacism, in a film produced by Muslims for Muslims -- indeed, for Muslim children. Will the OIC denounce this film? Will Ban Ki-Moon and Louise Arbour? If not, why not? Why exactly is Fitna worse than this? Jihad Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994846/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 02:58:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994710/posts AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch foreign minister met ambassadors from Muslim countries on Monday to try to cool tempers over a film by a Dutch lawmaker critical of the Koran and ask for protection for Dutch citizens and property. Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Freedom Party, launched his short video on the Internet on Thursday, mixing images of Islamist bombings with quotations from the Muslim holy book, prompting a stream of condemnation from the Islamic world. But reaction to the film was more restrained compared with the violence in 2006 that followed the publication in Europe of cartoons lampooning... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994710/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:27:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994640/posts The ambassadors of 26 Islamic countries want the Netherlands to investigate whether the film Fitna made by Dutch right-wing populist MP Geert Wilders can be banned. They asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen whether it is possible to start legal proceedings against the anti-Islam film. The meeting at the ministry in The Hague was attended by ambassadors of countries including Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Mr Verhagen told the 26 ambassadors he was pleased that responses from the Muslim world up to now had been moderate. He said the public prosecutor was investigating whether any offence had been... Radio Netherlands http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994640/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:32:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994630/posts THE HAGUE, 01/04/08 - Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) has the most loyal following of all political parties in the Lower House. He is also the leader who is the most highly valued by his voters, according to findings of pollster Maurice de Hond. On a scale of 1 to 10, PVV supporters give Wilders an 8.4. This makes their confidence in their leader clearly higher than for any other political leaders among their own supporters. Trends in recent weeks have only further boosted confidence in Wilders among the PVV following, said De Hond. He held the survey after... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994630/posts#comment Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:23:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994026/posts Tehran - Iran has summoned the Dutch ambassador to protest about Fitna, the anti-Qur'an film produced by far-right MP Geert Wilders. Tehran recently asked European governments to ban the film. So far Pakistan has been the only country to summon a Dutch envoy over the film. The controversy has prompted Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen to publish an article in the Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, calling on people "to keep their heads cool and relations warm". He also underlined the need for dialogue to explain that freedom of speech and religion are human rights enshrined in the Dutch constitution. Australian... Radio Netherlands http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994026/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993911/posts Afghanjohn's weblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993911/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:47:03 GMT