Wilders’ Popularity Worrying Dutch Leftists

In you have forgotten or haven’t heard; Geert Wilders was order to be prosecuted by the Netherlands judiciary for hate crimes. What is Wilders crime that is driving Muslims and Leftists crazy like a hornets nest? Wilders has taken a politically incorrect stand of pronouncing Mohammedanism (i.e. Islam) as one of the modern wicked ideologies to threaten the existence of the West’s centuries of development of democratic-republic institutions, Freedom and Liberty.

Of course in the West the various sides of the political poles view the interpretation of Freedom and Liberty differently; nonetheless they do stand by them.

Now here is the interesting thing that has developed since the late January 2009 order to prosecute Wilders. Wilders’ Freedom Party (or Party for Freedom-Dutch acronym: PVV) nearly became the largest political party in the Netherlands on June 5, 2009. That Dutch election was to distribute parliamentarians to the EU. The PVV came in second to the current Dutch Prime Minister’s Christian-Democrats (CDA) Party.

This was an extremely good showing for the PVV. So good in fact that Wilders has called for early national elections for the Netherlands. Dutch political polls show that Wilders is neck and neck with Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende.

Thomas Lifson writing for the American Thinker believes that if Dutch elections were held sooner rather than later that Wilders’ PVV would be the majority Party; hence Wilders would be asked to form a coalition government meaning he would be Prime Minister.

Think of that! The man deemed by European Leftists and hostile Mohammedans as a racist has rocked to such popularity, he may actually become the Netherlands’ next Prime Minister.

Since the Dutch judiciary has joined the Leftists in trying to diminish Wilders’ character, he has become one of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands. I am personally unaware of the Dutch status to prosecute Wilders stands at the moment; however I have found American Conservative and anti-Islamist websites have initiated a boycott Netherlands campaign. Here is one YouTube version.



If you believe there is a potential for Islam to transform American and European political institutions to intolerance while also limiting Freedom and Liberty you should get behind Geert Wilders.

Here is an excerpt from a CBN report published March 4, 2009:

But during Wilders' stay in America this week, which included a meeting with lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol, his screenings of Fitna have provoked only two things: discussion and debate.

"Will we leave our children, will we leave Europe's children, the values of Rome, Athens and Jerusalem?" Wilders asked an overflow crowd at the National Press Club in Washington Friday. "Or the values of Mecca, Gaza and Tehran?"

CBN News sat down with the Dutch parliamentarian before his appearance at the Press Club--where he called for an international First Amendment that would repeal all hate speech laws. Wilders says such laws stifle criticism of Islam.

"If you are an Imam or a radical Muslim you can say 'kill the Jews,' or 'wipe Israel off the face of the earth,'" Wilders said. "You can say the most terrible things, and if you say it, you will be protected by law. But if somebody stands up and says 'hey, that is wrong, we have to fight all the crazy remarks of these Islamists,' you will be brought to court."

Wilders says that's exactly what happened in his native Netherlands, where a Dutch court recently charged him with hate speech against Islam.

"I'm a fighter and I don't believe I'll end up behind bars. But it's not about me," he told CBN News. "The question is: will free speech be put behind bars?"

JRH 7/12/09

FITNA

Geert Wilders is a far Right MP in the Netherland’s States Generals (Dutch version of the English Parliament). Wilders seems to have a following among the Dutch which are tired of foreign incursion of other nationalities (particularly of the Islamic persuasion) in the Netherlands. Wilders leads the Freedom Party (PVV) which only holds 9 seats in the States Generals; however polls show that if elections were soon that number may double. It is an indication of the typically very Leftist Dutch people becoming fed up with the Mohammedan violence ever growing in their small nation.

With that little update on Wilders, here is the controversy he is stirring up in the Netherlands. Wilders has put together a short film entitled Fitna, which is a play on words from the Arabic language used to be critical of the Mohammedan holy book known as the Quran.

The film's title means 'trial' or 'tribulation' in Arabic. The word, which originally meant 'sledgehammer', refers to the struggle within the faith for the essence of Islam. (Expatica.com)

The States Generals is doing its political best to keep Fitna off of Dutch television because of the dhimmi attitude (probably a certainty) that the significant Mohammedan minority in The Netherlands will erupt into typical Religion of Peace mode and use criticism of their faith as an excuse to go on a violent rampage.

So the issue is – or maybe a better choice of words – the choice of The Netherlands Government is to either bow down in dhimmitude to the global and local demands of Mohammedans or respect the Western Heritage of Freedom of Speech even if it causes a Jihadist rampage.

Is the Netherlands and by proxy the European Union entering the dhimmi zone of appeasement minded squeamishness or will a back bone of heroism stand up to overcome the Mohammedan cultural invasion.

Charles “The Hammer” Martel we need you back in Europe!

JRH (Hat tip to Klein Verzet)