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| Islam is taking over, says Dutch politician |
| 2007-03-01 |
| An anti-immigrant politician is making a meteoric rise with his call on the Dutch - once one of the most tolerant nations in the world - to stop Islam taking over Europe. Geert Wilders, the 43-year-old leader of the Freedom Party, is convinced that governments are being forced to accommodate a 'tsunami of Islamisation' that is fundamentally incompatible with European social values. "Islam itself is the problem. Islam is a violent religion," he told The Daily Telegraph. "The Prophet Mohammed was a violent man. The Koran is mostly a violent book. We should invest in Muslim people but they have to first get rid of half the Koran and half of their beliefs," he said. The Freedom Party has jumped from six to 10 per cent in opinion polls since November. His passionate campaign for a ban on the Islamic veil, or burqa, in public places is gaining such momentum that the country's new coalition government could be forced to introduce the ban it does not support. On the burqa, Mr Wilders is adamant: "It is a medieval token of a barbaric time, of how not to treat women, even if they want to wear it themselves," he argues. Allowing Muslims to wear the burqa in the Netherlands, or to have segregated swimming sessions so as not to offend religious sensitivities, amounts to "religious apartheid" he says. The new government coalition of mainstream centre right and left political parties had planned to ditch a decision by the previous government to ban the burqa in the Netherlands which now has a population of one million Muslims, six per cent of the total population. But, Mr Wilders crows, weekend opinion polls show 66 per cent of Dutch citizens support a ban. The minority opposition leader who has won two previous votes for a ban on the burqa is convinced that support will be there for new legislation he will table in the spring as the Dutch become increasingly concerned over Muslim separatism. Wilders is convinced there is growing support for his views across Europe but its political leaders, particularly in Britain, are too obsessed with being politically correct. "There is almost no country more politically correct than the UK. Look at the terrible things that happened in London after Madrid, you have more reason than most to make this debate transparent and public," he said. Mr Wilders split from the Dutch liberals in September 2004 over their support for EU membership for Turkey. Two months later he was living in fear after police arrested suspected terrorists, armed with grenades, accused of planning to kill him. The Dutch politician says he and his wife have received more than 600 death threats. Mr Wilders, who is always surrounded by plain clothes police guards, said: "I lost my freedom and privacy because of my opposition to Islam." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 The good news for the Euros is that RUSSIA = PUTIN will save? them, since by var Russian News medias Russia wants to build a COMMON AIR DEFENSE + AEROSPACE MISSLE SYSTEM [BMD-GMD?], to counter Dubya-US GMD [bases in Poland + Czech]. System is to be based = begin design dev and testing on an S-400 TRIUMF missle base complex. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-01 23:48 |
| #8 duh shit, you euro pussies have been lettin g them take you over for yrs |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-03-01 18:15 |
| #7 JSU, exactly. They wouldn't have to do it if they had any balls. AND I think it is easier for the population to engage in mass humiliation of the Muzzies than expect the gov't to do it. The rub is when a comedian stands up and laughs at the MoHamHead and the sacks of laundry they call women one of two things will happen... 1) he gets shot aka VanGoghed 2) he gets arrested for a "hate" crime. The latter is more likely and probably even more chilling for free speech. It the gov't won't let you say it; how hard will they try and stop the former. (See Hirsi Ali) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-03-01 16:09 |
#6 The banning of the burqa is a symbolic act of little meaning. While I'm aware of the importance of symbolism, this is a trivial move.But if they can't do even that... |
| Posted by: JSU 2007-03-01 15:54 |
| #5 If the comedians in the US are that cowardly they should be hiding under their beds. I think that their reticence is PC based. The Euros have more reason to be cowards, but, they still should stand up like men. Oh wait, they're Euros....never mind. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-03-01 13:27 |
| #4 There needs to be societal ridicule and forced transparency throughout the media and entertainment. Why are their no comedians feasting on the absurdities and making fun of this cult? Oh, that's right it's un-PC. Or, more likely, they're worried about getting their heads blown off. I'm afraid that, with the possible exception of the South Park guys, Lenny Bruce was our nation's last brave comedian. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2007-03-01 11:55 |
| #3 The banning of the burqa is a symbolic act of little meaning. While I'm aware of the importance of symbolism, this is a trivial move. Europe needs to attack Islam the way the FBI and the US in general attacked the KKK. There needs to be infiltration of the cells and publication of the lunacy. There needs to be societal ridicule and forced transparency throughout the media and entertainment. Why are their no comedians feasting on the absurdities and making fun of this cult? Oh, that's right it's un-PC. "Well, there's your problem." |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-03-01 09:35 |
| #2 "There is almost no country more politically correct than the UK. Look at the terrible things that happened in London after Madrid, you have more reason than most to make this debate transparent and public," he said. I agree.I hope whoever repaces Tony Blair stands up more to the Islamic bullies.We need a ban on veils in the UK as they are a sign of seperation/Islamic Identity above being British and proud of it!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-03-01 09:14 |
| #1 I hope he lives in a house, rather than a flat. After all, one of his colleagues was forced from the country because her neighbors resented the threat posed to them by her bodyguards (granted, there were other reasons as well). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-03-01 08:15 |