Posted on 01/23/2008 8:55:30 PM PST by blam
Holland 'governed by fear of Islam'
By Joan Clements in The Hague
Last Updated: 2:28am GMT 24/01/2008
A politician has warned that a "fear of Islam" is governing Holland after he delayed the release of a short film attacking the Koran.
Geert Wilders, 44, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, who compares the Muslim holy book to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, sparked government panic after saying the anti-Islam film would be released tomorrow.
As Dutch police prepared for a weekend of riots and Mr Wilders was told by the authorities that he would have to leave country, he launched a new attack on "intolerant" Islam while announcing that his 10-minute film attacking the Muslim faith would be postponed for two weeks.
"If I had announced that I was going to make a film about the fascist character of the Bible would there have been a crisis meeting of Holland's security forces?" he wrote to the Volkskrant newspaper.
"Would I have received as many death threats as I have done since announcing I was making a film about the Koran? Of course not."
Iran's parliament, the Majlis, this week warned of "extensive repercussions from Muslims throughout the globe" if the film was broadcast.
In an attempt to defuse tensions, the Dutch government will tomorrow announce that it will not implement a ban on the Islamic burqa dress.
This is getting just plain ridiculous.
It’s beyond parody.
I’m not laughing, however.
He gets it. Mister Wilders, you know too much, and you can cause embarrassment. You are in only slightly less danger than if you had dissed She Who Must Not Be Named.
You’d think the Beautiful People in Great Britain and Canada might see the handwriting on the wall before they, too are being measured for a box...
This is the future for most of the West.
Ordinarily, I would suggest that they stand up to these evil creatures. Sadly though, I believe that the time when such an approach would work has long passed. Sad to say, it’s very likely all over for Holland. It may already be too late for other Central European countries as well. It is unlikely that any of the European countries can manage enough courage to thwart this problem.
Looks like...Liberals and political correctness will insist on it.
There are good people in there. I sincerely hope that they don’t choose to just lay down and die (being good they wont). Wow. What can you pick that is of use out of the remains? Crazy thought.
You should include the U.S. in with England and Canada. We let more Muslims in every year.
Don’t worry, Holland will be innundated by the great flood when the polar ice caps melt because of global warming, so this whole issue is moot...LOL
Re “I sincerely hope that they don’t choose to just lay down and die.”
Remember what they did to Anne Frank and her family.
Next “hope”. There isn’t any.
Why do liberals want to see their daughters in burkhas?
Who is this directed at?
I hope the last Hollanders out of the country when they inevitably flee the mess they’ve made break the dykes and pumps - not to say that they won’t break anyway. The “successor population” can’t maintain complex technology for spit.
You take it offensively so you.
Not much of an answer.
The article is about a Dutch politician who stand up to the Muslims.
Quote: "Geert Wilders, 44, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, who compares the Muslim holy book to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, sparked government panic after saying the anti-Islam film would be released tomorrow."
Yet you post about some "euro weenie".
Did you even read this article?
I read it. I responded. You took it offensively. This circle thing again...
What do you take offense with (if you you can limit it to less than 5) ?
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