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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024561.php
(ELSEVIER.nl)
January 24, 2009
“New York sheikh Khalid Yasin in Holland: Wilders must be flogged as punishment”
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http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090123-khalid-yasin
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024548.php
(RADIO NETHERLANDS, January 23, 2009)
January 23, 2009
“Jihadist hate preacher welcomed in Netherlands as it prosecutes Wilders for “hate speech””
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=ED69A3C9-B222-469A-B927-0A14CC42C3AA
“Geert Wilders: Man Out of Time”
By Robert Spencer
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, January 26, 2009
SNIPPET: “Last Friday Geert Wilders said: “I view Islam not as a religion, but as a dangerous, totalitarian ideology — equal to communism and fascism. Aren’t I allowed to say so?”
No, he isn’t allowed to say so. For statements like these, on Wednesday the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ordered that Wilders be prosecuted for “incitement to hatred and discrimination based on his statements in various media about moslims [sic] and their belief. In addition, the Court of Appeal considers criminal prosecution obvious for the insult of Islamic worshippers because of the comparisons made by Wilders of the islam [sic] with the nazism.”
So Wilders is facing criminal prosecution for “incitement to hatred and discrimination” as well as “the insult of Islamic worshippers.” If insulting someone is a crime, there is going to be an explosion of lawsuits in the Netherlands against ex-spouses and surly waiters – not to mention the fact that Wilders himself has a good case against his detractors, for all the hateful speech they have directed at him.
The very idea of trying someone for insulting someone else is absurd, and unmasks the Dutch initiative as an attempt by the nation’s political elites to silence one of their most formidable critics. The one who judges what is an actionable insult and what isn’t is the one who has the power to control the discourse – and that’s what the prosecution of Wilders is all about.”