Hate? Judge for yourself Is what Fitna says about Islam and the Qur’an accurate? See here. But it is not clear in the Wilders show trial whether or not truth is an adequate defense. “Court views anti-Islam film in Wilders hate speech trial,” from AP, October 6: The hate speech trial of politician Geert Wilders […]
Dutch court rejects Wilders push to remove biased judge in Stalinist show trial
The railroading of Wilders proceeds apace. An update on this story. “Dutch Court Rejects Wilders Push to Change Judges at Muslim-Insult Trial,” by Jurjen van de Pol for Bloomberg, October 5 (thanks to all who sent this in): The Amsterdam district court rejected a request by Freedom Party Leader Geert Wilders, who is on trial […]
Spencer: Truth On Trial
In FrontPage today I discuss the Wilders trial: How imperiled is the freedom of speech? Take this passage from Slate magazine: “In 2004, filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered after making anti-Muslim remarks, as was the anti-immigrant politician Pim Fortuyn in 2002. Why is there so much anti-Muslim rhetoric in the Netherlands?” If Slate flipped […]
U.K.’s Telegraph: “Geert Wilders’ trial suspended after he attacks judge!” Wait… what?
The Telegraph is usually better than this, and does a great deal of useful reporting on stories related to the Islamization of Britain. But the choice of words to describe Wilders’ demand that a biased judge be replaced is so very ironic here, considering that his own life is in danger over words and a […]
Muslim cleric misunderstands Islam, calls for beheading of Wilders
Watch for the cascade of statements from moderate Muslim leaders denouncing Feiz Muhammad and declaring that while they might not like what Wilders says, they will defend to the death his right to say it. Honest Ibe? Brave Ahmed? Mr. Al-Marayati? Mr. Ahmed? Ms. Mattson? Ms. Lekovic? Anyone? Anyone? “Muslim cleric calls for beheading of […]
Berlin politician gets flak from Eurodhimmis for inviting Geert Wilders
I had the great pleasure of meeting Rene Stadtkewitz when I spoke for Pax Europa in Berlin last year. He is a measured, intelligent, well-spoken politician who is deeply aware of the nature of Sharia and the threat of the global jihad. But when he has tried to raise awareness of those things among his […]
Dutch government helping pay for Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero — with Dutch taxpayer money
Yes, you read that right. And Wilders, only Wilders, is standing up to this breathtaking short-sighted idiocy: “‘Netherlands Subsidising Mosque by Ground Zero,’” from NIS News, July 21 (thanks to Fjordman): AMSTERDAM, 21/07/10 – The Party for Freedom (PVV) is demanding clarification by the Dutch government regarding reports that the Netherlands is co-financing the construction […]
Why is Geert Wilders “anti-Islam,” and what is his message to the Muslims?
Freedom fighter Geert Wilders makes an important and illuminating statement at MuslimsDebate.com: “Muslims Debate asked Mr. Geert Wilders why he became anti-Islam and what is his message to the Muslims?” I first visited an Islamic country in 1982. I was 18 years old and had traveled with a Dutch friend from Eilat in Israel to […]
Geert Wilders’s International Freedom Alliance!
Great news, which predictably, the mainstream media is spinning as the spreading of an “anti-Muslim message,” as if it were anti-Muslim to stand for the freedom of speech, the freedom of conscience, and the equality of rights of all people before the law. No one, of course, calls them on their plantation mentality. “Dutch Politician […]
We must no longer treat journalists as if they were objective reporters when they are ideologues and propagandists
You know who I mean: Dave Weigel, Michael Kruse, Meredith Heagney, S.I. Rosenbaum — the list goes on and on and on. Over at FrontPage I’m in a Symposium, “The Fear that Wilders is Right.” Here’s an excerpt: Spencer: It is indeed, as Roger Simon, a global psy-war, and it is by no means over. […]