http://informreligion.com/topic/geert-wilders2010-12-20T07:30:12Z2010-12-20T07:30:12ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-20:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/europe-courts-israel-antiislam-drive-4716621a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Far-right political parties in <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a> are stepping up their anti-Muslim rhetoric and forging ties across borders, even going so far as to visit <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a> to hail the Jewish state as a bulwark against militant Islam.</p><p>National Front leader Marine Le Pen has shocked the French political elite ...

2010-10-18T11:03:18ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-18:/religious-freedom-and-discrimination/dutch-muslims-antiislam-lawmaker-convicted-2131872a/

<div id="subtitle">Alleged Muslim victims of hate speech by anti-Islam politician plead for his conviction</div><div><p>Muslim witnesses said Monday that a Dutch lawmaker's anti-Islamic comments had led to attacks and intimidation, and they pleaded with judges to convict him and give him a symbolic fine of one euro ($1.40).</p><p><span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a></span> is facing charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims for stateme...

2010-10-15T10:30:33ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-15:/islam/dutch-prosecutors-seek-acquittal-antiislam-mp-2023933a/

<div><p><span><a title="Amsterdam" href="/topic/Amsterdam" >AMSTERDAM</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Prosecutors asked a Dutch court on Friday to acquit anti-immigration lawmaker <span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a></span> of charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.</p><p>The new Dutch minority government, made up of the Liberals and Christian Democrats which took...

2010-10-04T01:15:35ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-04:/islam/dutch-antiislam-lawmaker-trial-inciting-hate-1610689a/

<div><p><span><a title="Amsterdam" href="/topic/Amsterdam" >AMSTERDAM</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Dutch anti-Islamist politician <span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a></span>, who plays a controversial but pivotal role in the formation of a new Dutch government, went on trial on Monday for inciting hatred against Muslims.</p><p>Wilders is charged with inciting hate and discrimination ...

2010-10-03T23:45:12ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-03:/islam/dutch-politician-trial-hate-speech-charges-1610305a/

<div id="subtitle">Hate speech trial of Dutch politician who called for Quran ban to begin in <a title="Amsterdam" href="/topic/Amsterdam" >Amsterdam</a></div><div><p>Dutch anti-Islam politician <span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a></span> is going on trial Monday for alleged hate speech, even as his popularity and influence in <span><a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >the Netherlands</a></span> are near all time highs.</p><p>Prosecutors say ...

2010-09-30T13:15:50ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-09-30:/islam/netherlands-ban-burqa-antiislam-mps-1583112a/

<div><p><a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >The Netherlands</a> will ban the burqa and halve immigration under measures agreed in a pact to form a minority coalition government, anti-Islam <span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >MP Geert Wilders</a></span> announced Thursday.</p><p>"A new wind will blow in The Netherlands," declared Wilders whose party is part of the deal, standing alongside the leaders of the pro-business VVD party and the Christian Democratic ...

2010-09-03T02:10:15ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-03:/islam/muslim-cleric-calls-beheading-dutch-politician-1037509a/

<div><p><span><a title="Amsterdam" href="/topic/Amsterdam" >AMSTERDAM</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A well-known Australian Muslim cleric has called for the beheading of Dutch anti-Islamic politician <span><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a></span>, a newspaper said on Friday.</p><p><span>Wilders' Freedom Party</span> scored the biggest gains in June 9 polls and is currently negotiating to...

2010-07-30T16:15:25ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-07-30:/islam/dutch-antiislam-party-strong-voice-govt-1006637a/

<div><p>Dutch anti-Islam <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >MP Geert Wilders</a> will have to be consulted on every decision the next government makes if a provisional agreement on forming a new cabinet reached Friday is finalised, an expert said.</p><p>Under the provisional agreement, <a title="Wilders' Party for Freedom" href="/topic/Wilders'+Party+for+Freedom" >Wilders' Party for Freedom</a> (PVV) will have no cabinet members but would have a crucial "support" role, the cen...

2010-07-28T11:43:22ZAFP European Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-07-28:/islam/dutch-farrighter-defends-antiislam-film-london-864375a/

<div><p>Far-right <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Dutch MP Geert Wilders</a> called Islam a violent religion Friday and said the <a title="Prophet Muhammad" href="/topic/Prophet+Muhammad" >Prophet Mohammed</a> was "barbaric," as he defended his controversial anti-Islamic film in London.</p><p>Hundreds of protestors branded Wilders a racist as the firebrand politician -- presenting his film here days after a symbolic election win at home -- insisted that Islamism is incompat...

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2010-04-16T09:48:41ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/islam/dutch-lawmaker-uk-trip-win-free-speech-706793a/

<div id="subtitle">Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker calls UK trip free speech win, some Muslims regret moves to ban him</div><div><p>Anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a> returned to <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a> on Friday — eight months after being turned away by authorities at <a title="London Heathrow Airport" href="/topic/London+Heathrow+Airport" >Heathrow Airport</a>.</p><p>British authorities had w...

2010-04-16T09:48:27ZAFP European Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/islam/farright-dutch-mp-visits-london-ban-lifted-706993a/

<div><p>A far-right Dutch lawmaker who has likened Islam to Nazism visited <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a> on Friday, eight months after being turned away for spreading "hatred and violent messages".</p><p> <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a> successfully appealed earlier this week against a government ban on entering <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a> and upon his arrival said it was "rid...

2010-10-21T09:26:44ZAbout.comtag:informreligion.com,2010-10-21:/islam/fitna-washington-2280706a/

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2010-09-09T08:34:23ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-09:/islam/lawmaker-jail-women-wear-burqa-1128570a/

<div id="subtitle">Right-Wing Dutch Lawmaker Proposes Jailing Women Who Wear Burqas</div><div><p>A right-wing Dutch lawmaker wants women jailed for wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robe known as a burqa, calling it a "symbol of oppression."</p><p><a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a>, whose <a title="Freedom Party" href="/topic/Freedom+Party" >Freedom Party</a> has nine lawmakers in the 150-seat lower house of Dutch parliament, filed a proposal Thursday to make w...

2010-10-22T17:09:48ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-22:/photo/netherlands-hate-speech-2368035p/

Dutch anti-Islam politician <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a>, right, and his lawyer <a title="Bram Moszkowicz" href="/topic/Bram+Moszkowicz" >Bram Moszkowicz</a>, left, wait for the start of the trial in the courtroom in <a title="Amsterdam" href="/topic/Amsterdam" >Amsterdam</a>, <a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >Netherlands</a>, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. The trial, with the prosecution charging Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination a...

2010-10-18T10:40:31ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-10-18:/photo/aptopix-netherlands-hate-speech-2365802p/

Dutch anti-Islam politician <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a>, right, and his lawyer, <a title="Bram Moszkowicz" href="/topic/Bram+Moszkowicz" >Bram Moszkowicz</a>, left, are seen inside the courtroom in <a title="Amsterdam" href="/topic/Amsterdam" >Amsterdam</a>, <a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >Netherlands</a>, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. Wilders is charged with inciting hate and discrimination against Muslims, in a case seen as testing the li...

2010-09-30T12:00:24ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-30:/photo/netherlands-politics-2354748p/

FILE- <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a> poses during an interview with <a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" >The Associated Press</a> in <a title="The Hague" href="/topic/The+Hague" >The Hague</a>, <a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >Netherlands</a>, in this file photo dated Thursday, July 15, 2010. According to anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, on Thursday Sept. 30, 2010, a new Dutch minority government may rely...

2010-06-09T08:30:41ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-06-09:/photo/netherlands-elections-2295016p/

Conservative VVD party leader <a title="Mark Rutte" href="/topic/Mark+Rutte" >Mark Rutte</a>, talks to the press, prior to casting his ballot for the general elections, in <a title="The Hague" href="/topic/The+Hague" >The Hague</a>, <a title="Netherlands" href="/topic/Netherlands" >Netherlands</a>, Wednesday June 9, 2010. Voters go to the polls in election offering a choice between a Labor Party preaching traditional Dutch tolerance and a slew of right-leaning parties advocating a crackdown on i...

2010-03-27T00:58:10ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-03-27:/photo/britain-anti-islam-politician-2172341p/

Controversial Dutch politician <a title="Geert Wilders" href="/topic/Geert+Wilders" >Geert Wilders</a> arrives to take his seat at a press conference in <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a>, Friday, March 5, 2010. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside of <a title="Parliament of the United Kingdom" href="/topic/Parliament+of+the+United+Kingdom" >Britain's Parliament</a> on Friday, ahead of the viewing of an anti-Islam film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, w...