Islam is "taking over" in Holland, says Geert Wilders - The Diigo Meta page

• 03 Mar 07
  

  Nathan Rein

  A brief report on Geert Wilders, the public face of the Dutch Freedom Party, which has built its appeal on widespread and growing Dutch revulsion against Islamic separatism, exceptionalism, and extremism in Europe. Key quote: "Islam is the problem."

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  • On the burqa, Wilders is adamant: “It is a medieval token of a barbaric time, of how not to treat women, even if they want to wear it themselves.” Allowing Muslims to wear the burqa in the Netherlands, or to have segregated swimming sessions so as not to offend religious sensitivities, amounts to “religious apartheid”, he says.
  • Wilders is convinced there is growing support for his views across Europe but its political leaders, particularly in Britain, are too obsessed with being politically correct. “There is almost no country more politically correct than the UK. Look at the terrible things that happened in London after Madrid, you have more reason than most to make this debate transparent and public,” he said.
  • “Islam itself is the problem. Islam is a violent religion,” he told the newspaper. “The Prophet Mohammed was a violent man. The Quran is mostly a violent book. We should invest in Muslim people but they have to first get rid of half the Quran and half of their beliefs,” he said.

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  Nathan Rein on 2007-03-03
  A Pakistani news report on Geert Wilders, the public face of the Dutch Freedom Party. His party has built its base around widespread and growing Dutch revulsion at Islamic separatism, exceptionalism, and extremism in Europe. Currently he is seeking support for a bill to ban the burqa in public; his key quote here: "Islam is the problem."
  

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