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Wilders cancels offensive cartoon contest
 [ARABNEWS] Geert Wilders said on Thursday he was canceling plans to hold a highly inflammatory contest for cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.Mainly because he's made his point. The MP said he would never personally stop his campaign against Islam but the risk to innocents, and of attacks on the Netherlands, stemming from the proposed contest were too great, Rooters reported. Earlier this week, Dutch police nabbed Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! a 26-year-old man suspected of threatening to attack Wilders over his plan. On Thursday, the suspect briefly appeared in a Dutch court. He "is being suspected of committing a terrorist act, planning to commit murder and incitement," Dutch prosecutors said in a statement. Police arrested the man at one of The Hague's main railway stations after he posted a film on YouTube saying he planned an attack on Wilders or the Dutch parliament. The man, believed to be from Pakistain, also called on other Moslems for support. "Authorities are taking the threat very seriously," the Dutch public prosecution service said in the statement. "The investigation is ongoing" and the man is in jug "with maximum restrictions" meaning that he is only allowed to consult his lawyer. Prosecutors did not release the suspect's name, saying at this stage they were reluctant to release further information. He will remain in jug for another two weeks before a next appearance. Plans by Wilders, an avowed anti-Islamist, to hold a cartoon competition at his PVV party's offices in parliament have stirred anger among Moslems, particularly in Pakistain. The Netherlands on Wednesday updated its travel advice to Pakistain urging its citizens "to avoid demonstrations in Islamabad, Lahore and Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... ." Posted by: Fred 2018-08-31 |
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