Damn! Just DAMN!!
2010 February 3: The fix is in at the Amsterdam Criminal Court. Today, the Judges hearing the Inciting to Hatred trial (read that: No more political free speech in the Netherlands – ever) of Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders slashed the number of witnesses he may call to testify in his defense from 18 to three. It’s all right out of the Dark Ages. It’s 632 A.D. again in the Netherlands.
No, I did not make a mistake there with the math. It’s really three. Wilders faces tens of thousands of dollars in fines and two years in prison if he is convicted – of insulting Islam. His 15-minute movie “Fitna” demonstrates the connection between bellicose Koranic verse and acts of violence against Infidels by Muslims. The Court has decided it does not need to hear from any experts on Islam, such as Robert Spencer.
There will be no fair trial in Amsterdam this week.
The darkness of the shadow of Sharia (Muslim law) is descending further over Europe with each passing day. You can read the list of original and surviving witnesses at Gates of Vienna here:
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I had not followed this closely at all, and with the announcement this morning I have been doing some remedial reading, and this is really ugly over there. If the Netherlands decides to clean house it could get even uglier. If that’s what it takes, so be it, and good luck to all...
I cannot see anything other than it’s going to get a lot uglier. Wilders is not going to quit. He’s our guy.
JW