Jun-13-2010, 11:21 AM (UTC)
Geert Wilders is a very right-wing politician who is best known for his harsh criticism of Islam. He made the short film Fitna a few years ago (Link goes to Wikipedia page, but I'm sure it's out there on Youtube).
Now I do support the right to criticise things and some aspects of Islam do worry me, but Wilders goes too far. One might call him xenophobic. He wants to almost completely stop immigration to the Netherlans by people with an Islamic background, want to ban the Koran, forbid the building of mosques and put taxes on wearing headscarves. The vast majority of Dutch muslims are no threat at all and this is just going to antagonise them - aside from the fact that these things would be serious infringements on people's freedom - ironic, considering that his party is called PVV - Partij voor de Vrijheid (Party for Freedom).
Now I do support the right to criticise things and some aspects of Islam do worry me, but Wilders goes too far. One might call him xenophobic. He wants to almost completely stop immigration to the Netherlans by people with an Islamic background, want to ban the Koran, forbid the building of mosques and put taxes on wearing headscarves. The vast majority of Dutch muslims are no threat at all and this is just going to antagonise them - aside from the fact that these things would be serious infringements on people's freedom - ironic, considering that his party is called PVV - Partij voor de Vrijheid (Party for Freedom).
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