Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2010
25 03 2010
My apologies, dear reader, for not putting up a round-up over the weekend as promised.
Things have been rather hectic on my end. However, in the interests of staying consistent
( kinda sorta ), here’s the mid-week round-up segment that I introduced last week.
The International Civil Liberties Alliance – Islam Rising Trailer: Geert Wilders’ Warning To
The West
Read News – EUROPEAN UNION: Geert Wilders’ Party of Freedom called “Fascist” for
Fiscal Conservatism
Taiwan News – Anti-Islam party pulls out of coalition talks - and Anti-Islam party pulls out
of coalition talks
Ayaan Hirsi Ali has returned to the Netherlands with the same message as when she
left: Islam needs its own period of ‘Enlightenment’. Ms Hirsi Ali is back for one week to
promote her most recent book, Nomad. It’s her first substantial visit since leaving the
Dutch parliament four years ago to live in the United States.
Her main point still is that Muslim integration into Dutch society can only succeed if Muslim
immigrants fully embrace Dutch values and leave their own values behind. The two systems
of thought cannot be combined.
“The idea that the two can be combined is why the problem has lasted so long, and become
so entrenched as to be nearly intractable: people have contradictory expectations.”
[...]
Wilders good
In her criticism of Muslim integration, the former Dutch conservative VVD party MP echoes
many of the ideas of Geert Wilders, once her VVD colleague and now leader of his ‘own’
Freedom Party (PVV). Mr Wilders’ party is likely to become one of the largest, if not the
largest, in the country after the general election on 9 June.
He is currently on trial facing charges of inciting hatred toward Muslims. Ms Hirsi Ali
disagrees. She says that on the contrary, Mr Wilders is preventing violence by allowing a
segment of the population to channel their anger by voting rather than rioting. Wilders is
good for the Netherlands she says.
But she also criticises the Freedom Party leader for raising false expectations.
“I have also learned that you have to translate political proposals into policy, and my
critique for Geert Wilders is that his proposals have raised expectations that cannot be
translated into policy.”
Ms Hirsi Ali portrays herself as more pragmatic than Mr Wilders.
Blog Smith – Muslims In UK Call For Murder Of Dutch Politician Geert Wilders On Public
Street In London
The Freedom Defense Initiative – A Statement from Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer of the
Freedom Defense Initiative
Alaska DUI Legal News & Help - Can one country buy another country?
Carol’s Blog! - Marine General Testifies Against -Don’t Ask Don’t Tell =Social Engineering
in the Military-Homosexuals–
Dear Kitty. Some Blog – Dutch xenophobe Wilders’ local government failure
Politically Incorrect - Demo for Geert Wilders on April 17 in Berlin - and [ German ] Demo
für Geert Wilders am 17. April in Berlin
The Blogmocracy – Dor Chadash hosts event about Spanish Jews at the Center for Jewish
History
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has lashed out at far-right politician Geert Wilders
for insulting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
At a recent news conference in London, PVV leader Wilders called the Turkish PM “a total
freak”. In his weekly TV interview, Prime Minister Balkenende denounced Mr Wilders’ slur
as “absolutely irresponsible”. “One may disagree with policies, but it is unacceptable in
international diplomacy to use these sort of terms. If the Netherlands is going to operate in
this style, the country will face big problems,” the PM stressed.
Mr Balkenende warned that statements such as the one made by Mr Wilders could harm
employment and companies in the Netherlands.
Egregores - Is the American Right Falling Out Of Love With Geert Wilders?
NewsPointer.co.uk – Facebook row as Middle East officials ban user ‘who insulted Islam’
FSN Reporters Blog – Muslim women integration debate ‘needs to move beyond the veil’
The English Defense League – Impartial View of the EDL “Support Geert Wilders” Demo
Islamization Watch - Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Wilders channels public anger into vote
JTA News – Jewish candidate favored for PM, Dutch poll shows
John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review, Version 2.0 – March 19-20
Portland Political Buzz Examiner – Islamization of the West: “Israel is fighting for all of us.”
Marc Vallee – Casuals United take a pop & rip off my pictures
Dr. Ko Ko Gyi’s Blog – Wilders jeopardizing the Dutch interests - and Preview Geert
Wilders’ Koran movie made to provoke Muslim reaction
Micha & Bea: Home Sweet WWW - 5 Reasons Why I Love the Netherlands
2009 WAIS Conference - re: Daniel Pipes, Geert Wilder and Free Speech, Revisited (John
Heelan, UK)
The Final Redoubt - Congressman Ted Poe on Geert Wilders and Freedom of Speech
The Honeyball Buzz – UKIP’s proposal to cut back public spending – kill prisoners
HDLNS.com – In pictures: Live Blogging The English Defence League and UAF in Bolton
Anorak News – In Pictures: Live Blogging The English Defence League and UAF In Bolton
Dead Cats & Clippings – Dead Cats: “Nancy” 03/22/10, (2)34 James Brody
Association for Women’s Rights in the Middle East – EU: Intersectionality of Freedom of
Religion or Belief & Women’s Rights
Gates of Vienna – Fighting the Taliban With Pencil and Paper - and Islam Rising
Radio Netherlands Worldwide – Wilders’ party attacking Euro Parliament from within
Underclassrising.net – The EDL and there friends Nick Griffin – Tommy Williams and
Dave Howard.
EuropeNews – Video: Interesting Previews “Islam Rising” Geert Wilders Warning to the
West …
British Democracy Forum – Geert is proving more useful than you might think
The West, Islam And Sharia - Coming to Hollywood: Geert Wilders and the Freedom
Defense Initiative!
Huibslog – L.A., May 1st: Spencer and Geller Celebrate St. Geert Wilders, a Loony Prophet
from Holland
Politics, Religion, and Family – MOVIE – California -Hollywood- Islam Rising: Geert
Wilders’ warning to the West - and Update- Geert Wilders – Freedom of speech VS Sharia
(Islamic law)
Winds of Jihad – Coming to Hollywood: Geert Wilders and the Freedom Defense Initiative!
A Muslim woman from Almere is suing local Freedom Party leader Raymond de Roon for
discrimination and inciting hatred.
One of the Freedom Party’s stated aims in Almere is a ban on headscarves in the council
house and other publicly-funded institutions.
Ayse Bayrak-de Jager said: “I became a Muslim and I chose to wear a headscarf. My
headscarf is part of my identity and I’m not taking it off. I only take my clothes off for one
man and that’s my husband.”
Atlas Shrugs – A Statement from Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer of the Freedom Defense
Initiative
Right Side News – New Fight: Lt. Col. Allen West Pursues a House Seat
The Canadian Press – U.S. right-wing darling rattles Ottawa free-speech chains without
saying a word
Tambem Isto E Vaidade - Discurso de Geert Wilders à Casa dos Lordes, 5 de Março de 2010
(2) - and Discurso de Geert Wilders à Casa dos Lordes, 5 de Março de 2010
European-American blog - Should All Americans be Blamed for Some Idiots Among Them?
Global Social Change ( book blog ) - Once Liberal Netherlands Might Have Extreme-
Rightist-Led Government?
LoonWatch.com – Max Blumenthal Exposes The Real Nazis. Meet Atlas’s Thugs
Business Insider – Did Germany Just Kill The Dream Of A European Super-State?
The Telegraph – Has Germany just killed the dream of a European superstate?
NRC International – Immigrant school children fear Wilders could deport them
The Lair Of The Catholic Cavemen – One Of The Few Real Men Left On The Continent
paraISRAEL – A Statement from Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer of the Freedom Defense
Initiative
Youtube – Please Ban the quran Geert wilders ! Zaid Hamid is stupid
Scottish Socialist Youth – Report from the Netherlands: rise of the far-right Islamophobes.
The International Civil Liberties Alliance – Geert Wilders’ Short Film ‘Islam Rising’ To
Premiere In Los Angeles On 1 May 2010
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