‘the ideology of a retarded culture.’
He [Geert Wilders] shrugs off anxieties that his film will trigger a fresh bout of violence of the kind that left Van Gogh stabbed to death on an Amsterdam street and his estranged colleague Ayaan Hirsi Ali in hiding, or the murderous furore over the Danish cartoons in 2005.
The Dutch government is planning emergency evacuation of its nationals and diplomats from the Middle East should the Wilders film be shown. It is alarmed about the impact on Dutch business. ‘Our Prime Minister is a big coward. The government is weak,’ says Wilders. ‘They hate my guts and I don’t like them either.’
But he does want to create a stir. ‘Islam is something we can’t afford any more in the Netherlands. I want the fascist Koran banned. We need to stop the Islamisation of the Netherlands. That means no more mosques, no more Islamic schools, no more imams… Not all Muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslims.’
Free speech or hate speech? ‘I don’t create hate. I want to be honest. I don’t hate people. I don’t hate Muslims. I hate their book and their ideology.’
Read the entire Guardian article. H/t SDA
Good for him. We need more like him in the USA too.
Comment by Cappy — February 17, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
Good for you RG! I say bravo to you, Kate and Kathy. Courageous Blog Girls who stick their necks (literally) out where many others wouldn’t dare.
Comment by jack — February 18, 2008 @ 12:47 am