Posted by
Cassandra on Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:00:00 AM
- Pat Condell on the events in the Netherlands, the birthplace of de Spinoza
(Amsterdam, November 24, 1632 – The Hague, February 21, 1677) -
By
the way, let's get something straight! Islam has nothing to do with
race. That myth is pushed on the basis that children born to a Muslim
father, are automatically absorbed into the collective Ummah. One could
argue on that basis that - like race - to be a Muslim isn't a matter of
choice: one cannot help it, as it were! But acting against the
pernicious influence of Islamism, as a religion and as a
total-ideology, has nothing to do with racism.
Here's that despicable piece of solidified hatred
produced by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. Read it! You'll be amazed
how fast a country can slip into the abyss! The essence of the
indictment is, insults against Islam. Since when is that notion part of
Western culture? The Dark Ages are actually starting to look relatively
bright in comparison! What's next? Heresy laws? The stake or the rack?
You can help and contribute towards Wilders' legal funds on this site, and ... or - and this is fun - you can order printed t-shirts from the Flaming Blog here--a wonderful American grassroots initiative by the way!
SITAmnesty has more unorthodox tips how you can contribute towards the cause of liberty.
Update:
Hmm, more fall-out:
Cranmer: "Lord Ahmed threatens Parliament into submission"
It appears that a member of the House of Lords had invited the Dutch politician,
Geert Wilders,
to a private meeting in the Palace of Westminster. She had intended to
invite her colleagues in the Lords to a private viewing of his
‘documentary’
Fitna,
followed by discussion and debate in true parliamentary fashion. This
is, after all, a liberal democracy, and their lordships enjoy the
rights of freedom of expression and freedom of association, not to
mention certain parliamentary privileges for the protection of their
function in the legislature.
But no sooner had the unsuspecting baroness sent out her invitations, Lord Ahmed raised hell. It is
reported
that he ‘threatened to mobilise 10,000 Muslims to prevent Mr Wilders
from entering the House and threatened to take the colleague who was
organising the event to court’. And so
Fitna has been cancelled: it shall not now be screened in the House of Lords on 29th January.
The
Pakistani Press is jubliant, and Lord Ahmed is praising Allah for delivering ‘
a victory for the Muslim community’. (...)
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