Amsterdam - The rightist Freedom Party PVV said Monday it would ask the Dutch government to hold a referendum on banning the construction of minarets, following a similar vote in Switzerland. On Sunday, a large majority of Swiss voters cast ballots in favour of banning construction of the slender towers attached to mosques, despite opposition to such a move by the government.
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The Turkish government fears a scheduled visit by Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, saying it could dent Turkish relations with the Netherlands and Europe. But many secular and religious Turks say they would welcome a debate with the polemic politician.
Prague - Anti-Islamic Dutch politician Geert Wilders cancelled his planned visit to Prague after his hosts had problems booking a venue for his speech, organizers said Thursday. Wilders was invited to give a speech Monday and show his film Fitna by Eurosceptic Czech senator Jiri Oberfalzer and a Prague-based website critical of the purported Islamization of Europe, eurabia.cz.
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A Czech senator said Wednesday that he had invited anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders to speak to the Czech Senate and present his controversial film.
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“We will not allow Turkey into the EU,” Geert Wilders, Chair of the Parliamentary Party (Party for Freedom), in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands said at the threshold of his upcoming visit to Turkey in January, according to the Hurriyet.
Read more …Geert Wilders says Turkeys Trojan Horse not to be allowed to the EU