Posted on 11/24/2004 7:59:55 AM PST by Haro_546
The traditionally tolerant nation has been shaken by violence
An Islamophobic Dutch politician has become more popular with voters than the ruling party as the Netherlands suffers a wave of communal violence.
Geert Wilders, who says he will found a party to clamp down on Muslim "militants", would win 26 of the 150 seats in parliament if an election were held now, against 25 for Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's Christian Democrats (CDA), according to a poll published on Sunday by the ANP news agency.
Wilders is a member of parliament who was forced out of the VVD for refusing to back Turkey's bid to join the EU.
He says Islam is incompatible with democracy and wants new curbs on immigration, particularly from Turkey and Morocco.
Many see him taking on the mantle of the anti-immigration populist Pim Fortuyn, whose party soared to second place in a general election days after he was murdered in 2002.
Racist violence
This month's murder of Theo van Gogh, who had directed an insulting film about violence against Muslim women, has heightened ethnic tension in the Netherlands and led to a series of tit-for-tat arson attacks against mosques and churches.
Around 10% of the Dutch population are defined as non-Western foreigners - many of them Muslim Moroccans and Turks.
Alongside an increase in racist violence, there are growing demands for better integration of immigrants into traditional Dutch society and values.
The poll by the Maurice de Hond group had all three coalition parties - the CDA, the VVD free-market liberals and the centrist D66 - losing support since the 2003 election. The opposition Labour party (PvdA) topped the poll with 52 seats.
Wilders has said he plans to form a liberal-conservative party to contest the next election, due in 2007, together with Bart Jan Spruyt, the director of a conservative institute.
First order of business should be to shutdown the terror network: Al Jazeera.
i wonder how long before he's murdered?
The murder of Theo van Gogh may have been - in a twisted sort of way - the best thing that happened to Europe in a long time. It seems to have finally opened their eyes to the threat of militant Islam within the heart of Europe.
Should call it the Charles(or Karl)Martel Party.
Not long before someone takes his head.
The only two minor differences are that 1) the Dutch actually ARE correct in thinking that it's their territory and they have the right to reclaim it and 2) they don't slaughter civilians to make their point.
Go Geert!
One MOAB should do the job.
During this time, they will further swell in population at which time, it will be too late.
Maybe, you should follow up on the Nordic Countries. It was in Denmark where the first backlash occurred, and the Danes elected an "Extremist" to fix the muslim problem. In Sweden, the third largest city (malmo) is almost completely cut of from the rest of the country because of the muslim militants. In norway there have been clashes between the natives and the muslims youths.
This so-called news channel doesn't say Van Gogh was killed by a crazed islamist!
Huh?????
"Islamophobic" ?
Aljazeera journalists with degress from Columbia??
Maybe
Nah
Lol, Thanks for noticing.
Yep. Shut down their license in Holland. Just as Allawi did in Iraq.
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