I was looking for the address to Wilders Security forums when i bumped into Geert Wilders. After reading an article he wrote about Islam i sent it to a friend that talks to him on Facebook "i don't do Facebook" Then he sent this reply.
Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician and the founder and leader of the Party for Freedom, the fourth-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives.
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Fitna" is a 2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. Approximately 17 minutes in length, the film attempts to demonstrate that the Qur'an motivates its followers to hate all who violate Islamic teachings. The movie shows selected excerpts from Suras of the Qur'an, interspersed with media clips and newspaper cuttings showing or describing acts of violence and/or hatred by Muslims.
The film argues that Islam encourages – among other things – acts of terrorism, antisemitism, violence against women, violence and subjugation of "infidels" and against homosexuals and Islamic universalism. A large part of the film details the influence of Islam on the Netherlands. The film was published on the Internet in 2008.
Shortly before its release, its announcement was suspended from its website by the American provider because of the perceived controversy.
It stirred a still continuing debate in the Netherlands as well as abroad, and
a criminal prosecution for hate speech (against Wilders).
The Arabic title-word "fitna" means "disagreement and division among people" or a "test of faith in times of trial". Wilders, a prominent critic of Islam, described the film as "a call to shake off the creeping tyranny of Islamization".
A Muslim leader called for Geert Wilders' beheading.
In an internet chat room in September 2010,
Australian Islamic fundamentalist preacher Feiz Mohammad incited Muslim followers to behead Wilders. His rationale was his accusation that Wilders had "denigrated" Islam, and that that
anyone who "mocks, laughs or degrades Islam" as Wilders had must be killed "by chopping off his head". The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf released an excerpt of the talk, after Dutch intelligence officials received a tip about the threat.
After the
2013 Boston marathon bombings, Wilders wrote:
Three years ago, Feiz Mohammed issued an internet video in which
he called for my beheading. I was, he said, "evil filth". "Chop his head off," he told his followers. I am threatened for the simple reason that I am an Islam critic. But, make no mistake, I am not the only one who is in danger.
The Tsarnaev brothers drew inspiration from Feiz Mohammed's internet rants and decided to kill innocent onlookers at a marathon. Everyone is in danger.
He was banned to enter the United Kingdom.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Baroness Cox, members of the House of Lords (the upper chamber of the British Parliament), invited Wilders to a February 12, 2009 showing of Fitna in the Palace of Westminster. Two days before the showing, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith
banned Wilders from entering the territory of the United Kingdom, labeling him an "undesirable person". Entry was denied under EU law, and reportedly supported under regulation 19 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, an EU law which allows a member state to refuse entry to individuals if they are regarded as constituting a threat to public policy, security or health.
Wilders defied the ban and entered via London Heathrow Airport on February 12, trailed by television crews. He was quickly detained by Border Patrol officials and sent back on one of the next flights to the Netherlands. He called Prime Minister Gordon Brown "the biggest coward in Europe" and remarked, "Of course I will come back".
The International Herald Tribune stated that the ban was broadly condemned in the British news media. The Dutch Foreign Secretary, Maxime Verhagen, called the decision "highly regrettable" and complained to his British counterpart. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende complained to Gordon Brown about the "disappointing" decision. The Quilliam Foundation, a British think tank, criticized the ban, as did National Secular Society president Terry Sanderson. In October 2009, the tribunal overturned the ban.
It's no surprise that the Muslim Labour peer Lord Ahmed expressed support for Smith's ban on Wilders entering the country; the Ramadhan Foundation and the Muslim Council of Britain also did so, the council labeling Wilders "an open and relentless preacher of hate".
He was put on trial because of speaking out against Islam.
Several groups and persons in the Netherlands have called for
legal action against Wilders, while others have defended his right to free speech. On August 15, 2007, a representative of the Prosecutors' Office in Amsterdam declared that
dozens of reports against Wilders had been filed, and that they were all being considered.
Attempts to prosecute Wilders under Dutch anti-hate speech laws in June 2008 failed, with the public prosecutor's office stating that Wilders' comments contributed to the debate on Islam in Dutch society and also had been made outside parliament. The office released a statement reading: "
That comments are hurtful and offensive for a large number of Muslims does not mean that they are punishable. Freedom of expression fulfills an essential role in public debate in a democratic society. That means that offensive comments can be made in a political debate".
On 21 January 2009, a three-judge court ordered prosecutors to try him.
The Middle East Forum has established a Legal Defence Fund for Wilders's defence.
A survey by Angus Reid Global Monitor has found that public opinion was deeply split on the prosecution, with 50% supporting Wilders and 43% opposed.
In late October 2010, the Dutch court approved a request from Geert Wilders to have new judges appointed, forcing the court to retry the case. On February 7, 2011, Wilders returned to the court room in order that his legal team could present evidence from Islamic experts which the court rejected in 2010,
including Mohammed Bouyeri, who murdered film-maker Theo van Gogh, and Dutch academic Hans Jansen.
On 23 June 2011, Wilders was acquitted of all charges. A Dutch court noted that his speech was legitimate political debate, but on the edge. Because both the public prosecutor and the defense requested complete acquittal, the verdict will most likely not be appealed.
http://www.geertwilders.nl/
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