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Public Prosecution requests Wilders' acquittal

Published on 26 May 2011 - 8:54am
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The Public Prosecution Office has once again requested an acquittal for Geert Wilders on all charges against him. The charges include insulting Muslims as a group, inciting hatred and inciting discrimination on the grounds of religion and race.

The Public Prosecution argues that Mr Wilders' comments may be experienced as insulting by certain groups, but they are directed at Islam as a religion and not at Muslims as a people. The PPO also argued that many of the comments were made in political debates. Mr Wilders' call to ban the Qur'an is on the edge of what is permissible, however, said the office.

The PPO made the same request at the first Wilders trial in October, shortly before defence lawyer Bram Moszkowicz accused the judges of bias. As a result, the judges were replaced and a retrial had to be called. 

The PPO was reluctant to bring the case against Mr Wilders to trial, but was ordered to do so by an Amsterdam court.

The retrial began in February. Its first weeks have been dominated by the question of whether or not to try the controversial politician for his anti-Islam rhetoric. The judges, however, have ruled that the trial go ahead, dismissing Moszkowicz's claims the trial is unfair.

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Discussion

Tim Bus 27 May 2011 - 10:35am / Canada

"...discrimination on the grounds of religion and race."

Please, tell me that someone is joking? Islam is NEITHER a religion NOR a race. It is a totalitarian CULT which its unfortunate constituents are scared to leave or even question, on pain of a charge of apostasy. That carries an automatic death sentence, straight from the koran, which any of its ~1.5 billion addicts may (actually MUST) carry out, with not only impunity from THEIR shariah law, but with aprobation. Probably have a mosque or street named after them.
This cult has idealogical, military, welfare etc., arms; one of which is quasi-religious, involving the usual peculiar rituals of a religion, and some not so usual. There is worship of a person whose crimes, were they perpetrated today, would merit the death penalty several hundred times over, yet is the sine qua non of his worshippers. There is idolatry of a meteorite. There is disgusting, barbaric, Female Genital Mutilation, though not practised by all. There are statements of their utmost superiority in their koran, which render (in their eyes and hearts)- ipso facto - all others as inferiors. It naturally follows that they should rule the whole planet, which fact they freely proclaim, particularly in the UK; without opposition from the police or government.
This is not the 'indiginous' population looking down on the new immigrants and demanding that they follow local language and customs, and fit in. It's the absolute opposite, with the immigrants aggressively demanding that the host population conforms to their ways and customs. And this is not the pot calling the kettle "sooty bottom", rather, the pot calling the china "black". Absent islam, there would be no 'no go' areas in Holland.

And how can race be relevant? Of what race is islam? All races. But it has been known to practise racism, in slavery, and in Darfur, among others.

This outlandish charade of Political Correctness, of Theatre of the Absurd, of Animal Farm, of 1984, surpasses de Sade and Kafka in Black Comedy. You judges, and those who support you, have made a mockery of the Netherlands. When Lady Justice lifts the scales from your eyes, you will see who is innocent, and who was guilty all along.

Tim Bus 27 May 2011 - 10:34am / Canada

"...discrimination on the grounds of religion and race."

Please, tell me that someone is joking? Islam is NEITHER a religion NOR a race. It is a totalitarian CULT which its unfortunate constituents are scared to leave or even question, on pain of a charge of apostasy. That carries an automatic death sentence, straight from the koran, which any of its ~1.5 billion addicts may (actually MUST) carry out, with not only impunity from THEIR shariah law, but with aprobation. Probably have a mosque or street named after them.
This cult has idealogical, military, welfare etc., arms; one of which is quasi-religious, involving the usual peculiar rituals of a religion, and some not so usual. There is worship of a person whose crimes, were they perpetrated today, would merit the death penalty several hundred times over, yet is the sine qua non of his worshippers. There is idolatry of a meteorite. There is disgusting, barbaric, Female Genital Mutilation, though not practised by all. There are statements of their utmost superiority in their koran, which render (in their eyes and hearts)- ipso facto - all others as inferiors. It naturally follows that they should rule the whole planet, which fact they freely proclaim, particularly in the UK; without opposition from the police or government.
This is not the 'indiginous' population looking down on the new immigrants and demanding that they follow local language and customs, and fit in. It's the absolute opposite, with the immigrants aggressively demanding that the host population conforms to their ways and customs. And this is not the pot calling the kettle "sooty bottom", rather, the pot calling the china "black". Absent islam, there would be no 'no go' areas in Holland.

And how can race be relevant? Of what race is islam? All races. But it has been known to practise racism, in slavery, and in Darfur, among others.

This outlandish charade of Political Correctness, of Theatre of the Absurd, of Animal Farm, of 1984, surpasses de Sade and Kafka in Black Comedy. You judges, and those who support you, have made a mockery of the Netherlands. When Lady Justice lifts the scales from your eyes, you will see who is innocent, and who was guilty all along.

PaulFoley 27 May 2011 - 12:02am / US

Makes me glad I live in the US. Freedom of speech needs to be granted wide latitude. Humanistic values demand this.

Anonymousjimmy 26 May 2011 - 1:33pm / Scotland

An absolute disgrace that this case reached court in the first place. Islam IS a wicked religion as we will all find out when, and if, we allow them to take over Europe by sheer breeding numbers. We need to disolve this EU Superstate and look after our own intetests, which include NO MORE Muslim immigration! God bless Mr Wilders for speaking up forthe silent majority.

DR.MUSIC 26 May 2011 - 1:03pm / earth

"Our mullah told us that when we carried out our suicide attacks, all the people around us would die, but we would stay alive"

If muslims could leave islam without being killed by other muslims how many muslims would be left on the planet ? Answer : Zero or none. It is only the threat to one's life that keeps islam evil and populated. These scared muslim slaves of invented allah are doomed forever in the dead hands of the madman who invented allah and brought a curse on everything and everyone islam touches. Islam haram. Repeat after me ...islam is not halal , islam is haram. Understand?
Islam is the problem. Islam has to be abolished. As long as even one human is a muslim this planet will never see peace. Take my word for it.
Islam is the problem. Islam makes people evil. This is a fact. Evil people are a big drain to our planet’s resources like a raging fire. For our planet’s limited resources and our safety we should kill each and every fire once we have identified it as evil. Feeding a fire is suicide and not good for our planet’s resources.so in the end what will happen to islam? Will islam just vanish? Islam has to be abolished.
Evil people are a big drain to our planet’s resources like a raging fire. For our planet’s limited resources and our safety we should kill each and every fire once we have identified it as evil. Feeding a fire is suicide and not good for our planet’s resources.

So in the end what will happen to islam ?
Will islam just vanish?

"They said nothing's better than paradise and you can earn that by killing non-believers."
"They prayed all the time and read the koran so i thought they were good people."
"women should be exposed to the day light three times in their lives. When they are born, when they are married and when they die." - islamic saying.

It is not yet widely known that Pure muslim is a term for a very very evil human being.
So When will muslims be allowed to realise that islam is haram ?
And how will they realise that islam is haram?
Only when the supreme courts start questioning the demented koran loudly and in full hearing of the planet will muslims see mohammad’s mad trip. The answer is in and by our supreme courts in the very end.

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