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Dutch Lawmaker Tries to Avoid Hate Speech Charges

January 13, 2010

Author: Toby Sterling

Source: The Austin-American Statesman

Wire Service: AP

http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/dutch-lawmaker-tries-to-avoid-hate-speech-charges-176228.html

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders asked judges on Wednesday to drop or reduce charges against him of criminal incitement, arguing that his anti-Islam message falls within the boundaries of freedom of...

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Geert Wilders Wins Appeal Against Ban On Travelling to UK

October 13, 2009

Author: Alan Travis

Source: Times Online

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/13/geert-wilders-wins-appeal-ban-uk

The far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders intends to travel to London next week after an immigration tribunal ruling overturned a ban on visiting Britain.

The Home Office said it was disappointed after the tribunal rejected its claim that his presence could "inflame community tensions and lead to...

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Arabs Charged Over Dutch Cartoon

September 2, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8234359.stm

An Arab organisation is to be put on trial in the Netherlands over its publication of a cartoon deemed offensive to Jews, prosecutors say.

The cartoon, published by the Arab European League (AEL) on its website, questions the Holocaust.

It said the decision to prosecute illustrated bias against Muslims.

It said the same standards were not applied to...

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Anti-Islamist Politician Geert Wilders Vows to Defy Ban By Entering Britain

February 12, 2009

Author: Emily Gosden

Source: The Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5712737.ece

A far-right Dutch politician will attempt to defy a government ban on his entering Britain today, amid a diplomatic row over his right to visit.

Geert Wilders, an anti-Islamist, will fly in to Heathrow to attend a screening of his film Fitna at the House of Lords hosted by the UKIP peer Lord Pearson of Rannoch....

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British Ban Dutch Lawmaker Over Anti-Islam Film

February 11, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Fox News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490849,00.html

The British government has banned Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders from visiting the country to show his anti-Islam film "Fitna" at the Houses of Parliament.

Wilders was invited by a member of British Parliament's upper house, the House of Lords, to show his 15-minute film, which criticizes the...

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Anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders Faces Trial Over Controversial Film

January 22, 2009

Author: David Charter

Source: The Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5563071.ece

The limits of free speech and Dutch tolerance are to be tested in a court case after judges ruled yesterday that a right-wing MP who compared the Koran to Mein Kampf should be put on trial for inciting hatred and discrimination.

Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), will face charges...

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Pakistani Islamic Women Protest 'Anti-Islam' Film, Cartoons

April 27, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: AFP

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcQZPE1-vK9jfezmm2eWw3C1zREw

Thousands of Pakistani women rallied here Saturday to protest against Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed and a Dutch film said to insult Islam, witnesses said.

The women shouted "death to Denmark and death to Netherlands," as they marched about a kilometre (less than a mile) on a busy street.

Police said up to 4,000...

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Dutch Muslims Reject Debate with Islam Critic Wilders

April 25, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: DPA/Earth Times

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/201333,dutch-muslims-reject-debate-with-islam-critic-wilders.html

Attempts by Dutch legislator Geert Wilders to engage in public debate with Muslims about his controversial film Fitna have so far not been successful, reports said Friday. Dutch media reported that Imam Fawaz Jneid from the As-Sunnah- mosque in The...

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