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Who is Geert Wilders?

October 11, 2009

Who is Geert Wilders? Mr. Wilders is a parliamentarian in the Netherlands and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV). According to two major opinion polls, Wilders would be called upon to assemble the Netherlands’ next ruling coalition. Geert Wilders could be the next Dutch Prime Minister. Currently, Mr. Wilders is Europe’s most eloquent defender of free speech and the most outspoken voice against the threat of radical Islam. His short film FITNA, is a searing critique of the Koran. It features actual verses which incite violence against infidels as well as other images of Islamic terror. As a result of FITNA and various controversial comments made to media outlets, Mr. Wilders is being criminally prosecuted for hate speech by his own government. He is also banned from visiting the UK. Philadelphia and The David Horowitz Freedom Center will welcome the Honorable Geert Wilders for a “Free Speech Now” tour. The tour culminates in a major event held…

Geert Wilders could be next Dutch PM

October 10, 2009

By: Thomas Lifson – American Thinker The two major opinion polls in the Netherlands show that the PVV Party of Geert Wilders is leading, and if PVV obtains a plurality in the next election, Wilders would be called upon to organize a ruling coalition. Maayana Miskin of Israel National News reports: A Synovate poll released Wednesday shows PVV in a tight race with the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA), which currently holds 41 seats. If elections were held this week, both parties would win 32 seats, Synovate pollsters found. Maurice de Hond’s polls show PVV winning roughly 32 seats as well. A third poll, the TNS NIPO, shows PVV winning 28 seats to 24 for the CDA. If PVV were to win the plurality of Parliament seats, Wilders would be called to assemble the Netherlands’ next ruling coalition. Wilders is the creator of the film Fitna, a searing critique of the Koran, featuring its actual verses inciting violence against…

Geert Wilders – Wikipedia Entry

October 6, 2009

Geert Wilders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈxeːrt ˈʋɪldərs] or [ˈʝeːʁt ˈʋɪldəʁs]; born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom, a party in The Netherlands. Born in the city of Venlo and raised as a Roman Catholic, Wilders attributes his politics to his support for what he calls ‘Judeo-Christian values’. He formed many of his political views in his travels to Israel, as well as the neighboring Arab countries and his early job at the Dutch social insurance agency moved him to politics, where he worked as a speechwriter for the liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy. In 1996, he moved to the city of Utrecht, and was elected in the city council, and later the House of Representatives of the Netherlands. Citing irreconcilable differences on the party’s position on Turkish accession to the European Union, Wilders left the People’s Party in 2004 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom. Since…

Geert Wilders at Facing Jihad Conference in Jerusalem

October 6, 2009

Posted by Robert Spencer on December 15, 2008 Geert Wilders at Facing Jihad Conference in Jerusalem: “If there would have been no Israel, Islamic imperialism would have found other places to release its energy and its desire for conquest” I’m on the way back to the Jihad Watch offices from the Facing Jihad conference, which was held at the Menachem Begin Center in Jerusalem on Sunday. I served as Master of Ceremonies for the conference, which featured presentations by John Lewis, Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch, Daniel Pipes, and others. Pamela Geller covered the conference on Twitter and has more coverage at Atlas Shrugs (where I got the photos above, and she has others there also) — with, I believe, some videos and more yet to come. The highlight of the day was a screening of Geert Wilders’s film Fitna, receiving its Middle East premiere. Wilders delivered this address after the film. Thank you very much.It’s a…

Holland's national suicide note

October 6, 2009

By Ezra Levant on January 21, 2009 The Dutch court of appeal has ruled that Geert Wilders, the Member of Parliament and anti-terrorism activist, must stand trial for hate speech. You can read the English page of the court’s website announcing the decision here. It is a national suicide note, a white flag of surrender flown by a once-great empire in the face of illiberal fascists and hoodlums. It is a homicide note, too — announcing the murder of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. And it is a warning note to other Western democracies. The warning is this: liberal democracy, multiculturalism and immigration — pick any two. Holland has picked multiculturalism and immigration, and has heaved liberal democracy overboard. The announcement is so eye-scratchingly stupid, it really must be read line for line. Here goes. (The spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors are from the court’s own English translation): Amsterdam, 21 january 2009 – On 21 January…