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by Giulio Meotti
• December 11, 2016 at 5:00 am
- "It would
have been better if the Dutch state had sent a clear signal [to
terrorists] via a Dutch court that we foster a broad notion of the
freedom of expression in the Netherlands." — Paul Cliteur,
Professor of Jurisprudence, Leiden University.
- The historic
dimension of Wilders's conviction is related not only to the terrible
injustice done to this MP, but that it was the Netherlands that, for
the first time in Europe, criminalized dissenting opinions about
Islam.
- "I will
never be silent. You will not be able to stop me... And that is what
we stand for. For freedom and for our beautiful Netherlands." —
Geert Wilders, Dutch MP and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV).
- "We have a
lot of guests who are trying to take over the house." — Pym
Fortuyn, later shot to death to "defend Dutch Muslims from
persecution."
- Before being
slaughtered, clinging to a basket, Theo van Gogh begged his assassin:
"Can we talk about this?" But can we talk?
Twelve years ago, Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh (left)
was assassinated by an Islamist who pinned on van Gogh's chest a letter
threatening the life of Geert Wilders (right). Today Wilders, the most
prominent politician in the Netherlands, lives in hiding under round-the-clock
protection.
A country whose most outspoken filmmaker was slaughtered by an
Islamist; whose bravest refugee, hunted by a fatwa, fled to the
U.S.; whose cartoonists must live under protection, had better should think
twice before condemning a Member of Parliament, whose comments about Islam
have forced him to live under 24-hour protection for more than a decade,
for "hate speech." Poor Erasmus! The Netherlands is no longer a
safe haven for free thinkers. It is the Nightmare for Free Speech.
The most prominent politician in the Netherlands, MP Geert Wilders,
has just been convicted of "hate speech," for asking at a really
if there should be fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands. Many newly-arrived
Moroccans in the Netherlands seem to have been responsible for a
disproportionate amount of crime there.
by Burak Bekdil
• December 11, 2016 at 4:00 am
- Critics,
including opposition lawmakers, are inquiring about Sadat's
activities, suspecting its real mission may be to train official or
unofficial paramilitary forces to fight Erdogan's multitude of wars
inside and outside Turkey
- Initially, the
youth branches will be formed in 1,500 mosques. But under the plan,
20,000 mosques will have youth branches by 2021, and finally 45,000
mosques will have them. Observers fear the youth branches may turn
into Erdogan's "mosque militia," like the Nazi Party's
Hitler Youth organization in Germany.
- Erdogan probably
fears Shia expansionism more than Kurdish adventurism, but most likely
in his thinking, Kurdish adventurism is part of Shia expansionism.
In a remarkable display of paranoia, Yigit Bulut (left),
a top advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right), recently
accused foreign chefs on cooking programs shown on Turkish TV stations of
being foreign spies.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has good reasons to be living
in constant fear. Only a few months ago, on July 15, hundreds of military
officers, including several in his own security detail, attempted to topple
him in a coup d'état. But the way he thinks he can best fight and win a
future attempt at his governance -- and life -- exposes Turkey to the risk
of civil war.
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