Geert Wilders in Rome: Defending the West from Cultural Relativism and Jihad

The American Thinker ^ | March 26, 2011 | Andrew G. Bostom

[Scanian]

Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders made a seminal address yesterday evening (March 25, 2011) at the Annual Lecture of the Magna Carta Foundation in Rome, Italy.

As is his wont, Wilders presentation moved far beyond the timorous platitudes about the most obvious (and dangerous) failures of cultural relativism belatedly echoed by Western European leaders Angela Merkel, Nicholas Sarkozy, and David Cameron. Wilders demands that the West acknowledge the jihad-both cultural and military-being waged against it openly and incessantly by institutional Islam, Muslim nations, and the global umma. The Dutch Parlaimentarian concludes his eloquent and informative speech by insisting that four concrete measures must be taken immediately, quoting Ronald Reagan, so we can "...act today to preserve tomorrow."

•(1) Defend freedom of speech •(2) End cultural relativism and re-assert our belief in the superiority of Western culture compared to Islamic culture •(3) Stop the Islamization of the West because, "more Islam means less freedom." •(4) Restore the supremacy and sovereignty of the nation-state

Wilder's speech in its entirety, is reproduced below:

[expatguy]

We are winning - slowly but surely

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Maine Mariner]

Impressive presentation. It is 4:45 a.m. and I have not had my morning coffee. I will comment in more detail later.

I am really beginning to like “The American Thinker”.

[Scanian]

I love that guy...he is Islam’s worst nightmare.

Too bad he hasn’t been replicated over here.

[flat]

A FINE MAN

[StonyBurk]

me too it seems a bit like that voice crying in the wilderness idea though. i.e. it is heralding the Truth-at a time when the world seems to prefer the darkness because their deeds are evil.This —like other posts from that site will prove a meal best digested slowly.

[rogue yam]

ping