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April 7, 2008
Netherlands: Muslims' Claim Against Wilders Rejected
The Dutch Islamic Federation had sought to have Geert Wilders' movie Fitna banned in March. They had filed a case to have the movie banned a week before the movie was released on March 27. The court case was due to be heard on March 28.
The Dutch Islamic Federation abandoned its plans to have the movie banned after it appeared on the internet, but tried to have a court order which would prevent Wilders from making any statements against Islam. Now, as reported by Expatica and Jurist Paper Chase, a court in the Hague has ruled that Wilders' statements - though provocative - are not against the law and he is not guilty of spreading hate.
A civil judge at Hague district Court released a written judgment today, in which it asserted that Geert Wilders' rights to freedom of speech allowed him to be critical of radical Islam and of passages in the Koran.
On Sunday (yesterday) in Pakistan, a large rally took place in the southern port city of Karachi, to protest Geert Widers' movie. More than 25,000 people attended the rally. The main speaker, Munawwar Hasan, said: "They call this freedom of expression, but it's freedom of aggression."
Hasan belongs to the Jamaat-e-Islami party, an Islamist party that itself has no respect for freedom of speech or freedom of religion. In May last year, the party introduced a draft bill to the Pakistan National Assembly. This draft bill, called the Apostasy Act would, if it becomes law, see apostates from Islam punished with the death penalty.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at April 7, 2008 2:50 PM
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