Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:06:35 AM
"If we do not stop the Islamization, we will lose everything: our identity, our culture, our democratic constitutional state, our freedom and our civilization. In Europe we are already losing the right to free speech, the right to criticize Islam. I think, criticisms of religions or ideologies always ought to be possible in a free world. Human rights exist for the protection of individuals, not religions and ideologies."
Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders born 6 September 1963 is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom. Born of a German father on the border town of Venlo and raised a Roman Catholic, the young Geert Wilders formed many of his political views in his travels to Israel and the neighboring Arab countries. His early job at the Dutch social insurance agency moved him to politics, where he worked as a speechwriter for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In 1996, he moved to the city of Utrecht, and represented his pluralistic neighborhood in the city council, and later the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.
Citing irreconcilable differences on the party's position on Turkish accession to the European Union, Wilders left the People's Party in 2006 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom. Since then, he has been outspoken on the issues of immigration, Islamic fundamentalism and freedom of speech. His provocative 2008 film about Islam in the Netherlands, Fitna, has received international attention, condemnation, and comparisons to Theo van Gogh. Due to death threats, he has been forced into guarded isolation, and has been banned from entering the United Kingdom since 12 February 2009.
Here is Geert Wilders's acceptance speech for the Freedom Award he was given by the Florida Security Council in Miami on April 27:
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