Geert Wilders spoke out today in support of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, expressing his outrage at the Austrian court for upholding her conviction.
The following article appeared in today's Elsevier. Many thanks to our Dutch correspondent BD for the translation:
Wilders: A fine for despising Islam is madness
A book on Islam by Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders, which is due to be published in the US in April, is also generating interest in other countries.
“They will probably soon follow,” Wilders said on Wednesday, the first day the book could be ordered in advance. The book is called Marked for Death: Islam's War Against the West and Me and is scheduled for US release on 30 April.
Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
The Dutch Ambassador to Egypt, Susan Blankhart was called to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, today, to protest 'defamation of Islam' in a new book by the Hon. Geert Wilders. Wilders' book is scheduled to be released here in the US, next April. The Egyptians were likely using this opportunity as a media event. We note that this occurred while our State Department's conference on The Istanbul Process Combating Intolerance conference was taking place in DC. With representatives from member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the EU, the OSCE, gathered in Washington why miss an opportunity to stifle any criticism of Islam and deny Free Speech? After all this plenary session in DC is developing 'best practices' to rein in religious intolerance. How Orwellian of them.
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Am 3. September diesen Jahres hielt Geert Wilders in Berlin eine Rede im Wahlkampf für die Partei Die Freiheit. Zur Enttäuschung der anwesenden Journalisten und mancher Zuhörer sagte Wilders nicht viel zum Islam, sondern mehr zu EU und Euro. Und er hatte gleich die zentralen Punkte erfaßt, welche die CDU und alle anderen Parteien – wir haben keine Opposition mehr – bis heute nicht erkennen, dabei treffen seine Vorhersagen bereits ein.
Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, a key ally for the ruling Liberal-Christian Democrat coalition, said on Saturday he opposed a planned visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul because Turkey is an "Islamist regime".
Wilders, whose party is the third-largest in the Dutch parliament and opposes closer ties between Europe and Turkey, backs the Dutch minority government in return for tougher immigration and integration rules. Gul has been invited to visit the Netherlands next year, when the two countries will celebrate 400 years of relations. (Reuters)
Source: Reuters