Wilders heads to Supreme Court
Dutch MP Geert Wilders has engaged one of the country’s top lawyers to fight a potential prosecution for incitement to hatred.
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Wilders to face trial for Fitna
A Dutch court has ordered the prosecution of Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims. The charges relate to Fitna, a film he made last year in which he compared the Quran to Mein Kampf and drew a direct link between Islam and violence. Mr Wilders has called the decision ‘an ‘attack on the freedom of expression’.
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Wilders releases controversial film
Dutch MP Geert Wilders has posted his controversial film Fitna on the Internet. The film, a polemic against the ‘Islamicisation’ of Europe made up of clips of bombings and speeches from imams and politicians, has been the subject of huge controversy in the Netherlands, where the government has been at pains to distance itself from Wilders’s stance.
(Warning: the film contains graphic violent footage).