Geert Wilders' speech in New York on February 23:
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Thank you very much for inviting me. And – to the immigration authorities – thank you for letting me into this country. It is always a pleasure to cross a border without being sent back on the first plane. Today, the dearest of our many freedoms is under attack all throughout Europe. Free speech is no longer a given. What we once considered a natural element of our existence, our birth right, is now something we once again have to battle for. As you might know, I will be prosecuted, because of my film Fitna, my remarks regarding Islam, and my view concerning what some call a ‘religion of peace’. A few years from now, I might be a criminal. Whether or not I end up in jail is not the most pressing issue; I gave up my freedom four years ago. I am under full-time police protection ever since. The real question is: will free speech be put behind bars? And the larger question for the West is: will we leave Europe’s children the values of Rome, Athens and Jerusalem, or the values of Mecca, Teheran and Gaza? This is what video blogger Pat Condell said in one of his latest you tube appearances. He says: “If I talked about Muslims the way their holy book talks about me, I’d be arrested for hate speech.” Now, Mr Condell is a stand-up comedian, but in the video he is dead serious and the joke is on us. Hate speech will always be used against the people defending the West – in order to please and appease Muslims. They can say whatever they want: throw gays from apartment buildings, kill the Jews, slaughter the infidel, destroy Israel, jihad against the West. Whatever their book tells them. Today, I come before you to warn of a great threat. It is called Islam. It poses as a religion, but its goals are very worldly: world domination, holy war, sharia law, the end of the separation of church and state, slavery of women, the end of democracy. It is NOT a religion, it is an political ideology. It demands your respect, but has no respect for you. There might be moderate Muslims, but there is no moderate Islam. Islam will never change, because it is built on two rocks that are forever, two fundamental beliefs that will never change, and will never alter. First, there is the Quran, Allah’s personal word, uncreated, forever, with orders that need to be fulfilled regardless of place or time. And second, there is al-insal al-kamil, the perfect man, Muhammad the role model, whose deeds are to be imitated by all Muslims. And since Muhammad was a warlord and a conqueror we know what to expect. Islam means submission, so there cannot be any mistake about it’s goal. That’s a given. It’s fact. This is Europe 2009. Muslim settlers calling for our destruction, and free speech on trial. All this is the outcome of a sick and evil ideology, the ideology that is weakening us, the surrender ideology of cultural relativism. It believes that all cultures are equal, and therefore Islam deserves an equal place in the West. It is their duty, the left thinks, to facilitate Islam. This way the cultural relativists paradise comes within reach and we will all be happy, and sing kumbaya. The forces of Islam couldn’t agree more. Islam being facilitated by government is their agenda too. But they see it as jizya, the money dhimmis pay in order not to be killed or raped by their Muslim masters. Therefore, they happily accept the welfare cheque or the subsidies for their mosque or the money governments donate to their organizations. This is just one example of cultural relativists and Muslim settlers having the same agenda. There is another. Islam considers itself a religion and therefore we are not permitted to criticize it. The left agrees. Although it hated Christianity for decades, now that Islam appears on the scene, they suddenly change course and demand ‘respect’ for something they call a religion. Again we see the left and Islam having the same agenda: it is a religion, so shut up. This all culminates in a third coming-together: nor the left nor Islam is in favor of criticism. In fact, given the opportunity, they would simply outlaw it. Multiculturalism is the left’s pet project. It is actually their religion. Their love of it is so great, if you oppose it, it must be hate. And if you say it, it is labeled hate speech. Now here is something the Islam can agree on. This is the essence of my short introduction today: where the left and Islam come together, freedom will suffer. My friends, make no mistake, my prosecution is a full-fledged attack by the left on freedom of speech in order to please Muslims. It was started by a member of the Dutch Labour party, and the entire legal proceeding is done by well-to-do liberals, the radical chic of Dutch society, the snobbish left. Too much money, too much time, too little love of liberty. If you read what the court of Amsterdam has written about me, you read the same texts that cultural relativists produce. How low can we go in the Netherlands? About my prosecution, The Wall Street Journal noted: “this is no small victory for Islamic regimes seeking to export their censorship laws to wherever Muslims reside”. The Journal concluded that by The Netherlands accepting the free speech standards of, “Saudi-Arabia”, I stand correct in my observation that - I quote - “Muslim immigration is eroding traditional Dutch liberties”. Now, if the Wall Street Journal has the moral clarity to see that my prosecution is the logical outcome of our disastrous, self-hating, multiculturalists immigration policies, then why can’t the European liberal establishment see the same thing? Why aren’t they getting at least a little bit scared by the latest news out of, for example, the UK. News that tells that the Muslim population in Britain is growing ten times as fast as the rest of society. Why don’t they care? The answer is: they don’t care because they are blinded by their cultural relativism. Their disdain of the West is so much greater than the appreciation of our many liberties. And therefore, they are willing to sacrifice everything. The left once stood for women rights, gay rights, equality, democracy. Now, they favour immigration policies that will end all this. Many even lost their decency. Elite politicians have no problem to participate in or finance demonstrations where settlers shout “Death to the Jews”. Seventy years after Auschwitz they know of no shame. Two weeks ago, I tried to get into Britain, a fellow EU country. I was invited to give a speech in Parliament. However, upon arrival at London airport, I was refused entry into the UK, and sent back on the first plane to Holland. I would have loved to have reminded the audience of a great man who once spoke in the House of Commons. In 1982 President Reagan gave a speech there very few people liked. Reagan called upon the West to reject communism and defend freedom. He introduced a phrase: ‘evil empire’. Reagan’s speech stands out as a clarion call to preserve our liberties. I quote: If history teaches anything, it teaches self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. What Reagan meant is that you cannot run away from history, you cannot escape the dangers of ideologies that are out to destroy you. Denial is no option. So, what should we do? Is this a good moment for freedom-loving people to give in or to change course? To all-of-a-sudden start singing praise of Islam, or proclaiming there is such a thing as a moderate Islam? Will we now accept the continuation of Muslim mass immigration to the West? Will we appease sharia and jihad? Should we sacrifice gay rights and women rights? Or democracy? Should we sell out Israel, our dearest ally, and a frontline state of Islam? Well, my humble opinion is: No way, Jose! I suggest to defend freedom in general and freedom of speech in particular. I propose the withdrawal of all hate speech legislation in Europe. I propose a European First Amendment. In Europe we should defend freedom of speech like you Americans do. In Europe freedom of speech should be extended, instead of restricted. Of course, calling for violence or unjustly yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre have to be punished, but the right to criticize ideologies or religions are necessary conditions for a vital democracry. As George Orwell once said: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”. Let us defend freedom of speech and let us gain strength and work hard to become even stronger. Millions think just like you and me. Millions think liberty is precious. That democracy is better than sharia. And after all, why should we be afraid? Our many freedoms and our prosperity are the result of centuries of endeavour. Centuries of hard work and sacrifice. We do not stand alone, and we stand on the shoulders of giants. Late December 1944 the American army was suddenly faced with a last-ditch effort by the Germans. In the Ardennes, in the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler and his national-socialists fought for their last chance. And they were very successful. Americans faced defeat, and death. In the darkest of winter, in the freezing cold, in a lonely forest with snow and ice as even fiercer enemies than the Nazi war machine itself, the American army was told to surrender. That might be their only chance to survive. But General McAuliffe thought otherwise. He gave the Germans a short message. This message contained just four letters. Four letters only, but never in the history of freedom was a desire for liberty and perseverance in the face of evil expressed more eloquently than in that message. It spelled N – U – T – S. “Nuts”. My friends, the national-socialists got the message. Because it left no room for interpretation! I suggest we walk in the tradition of giants like General McAuliffe and the American soldiers who fought and died for the freedom of my country and for a secular and democratic Europe, and we tell the enemies of freedom just that. NUTS! Because that’s all there is to it. No explanations. No beating around the bush. No caveats. Our enemies should know: we will never apologize for being free men, we will never bow for the combined forces of Mecca and the left. And we will never surrender. We stand on the shoulders of giants. There is no stronger power than the force of free men fighting for the great cause of liberty. Because freedom is the birthright of all man.
I cannot not believe
I cannot not believe it.Indian national congress party culture has reached the Europeans.Liberty go home,islam is here!!!!
What an impressive speech!
What an impressive speech! Geert Wilders for the Prime Minister of the Nerthelands!
Europe and UK stop voting for
Europe and UK stop voting for the left parties. In most cases these parties have policies based on naive platforms, their members are usually bunch of phonies and unpatriotic, the irony is that they tend to be snobbish intellectually. They consider themselves "progressives" in appeasing islamists but forget that they are commiting cultural suicide. Europe, again beware of these left parties!
Standing Ovation rightly
Standing Ovation rightly deserved for this.
This guy Wilders is my true meaning of hope in the middle of total bigotry in terms of the European attitude towards Islam, it never ceases to amaze me how the lunacy of the Muslims is being treated the way of the eggs handler in Europe
One will love to toy with the idea that Europe is waiting for a boiling point before taking a drastic action against the Islamic infiltration in their hard earned values, but then, europe practice democracy mostly, and once the Islamic ways got endorsed in the constitutional settings it will lead to a long term fight for eradication, with the soaring number of dumbhead bearded Mullahs in the European streets and government's sensitive offices the job is made a tough one.
Thanks Wilders for being a european General much like your Battle of Bulge counterpart.
Kita sangat bersyukur karena
Kita sangat bersyukur karena masih ada yang perduli atas dunia yang lebih beradap seperti yang Mr Guy Wilders perjuangkan,apa yang diperjuangkan oleh Mr Guy Wilders adalah demi kebaikan peradaban dunia ini,mari kita dukung dan mudah-mudahan masih lahir lagi seperti dia,,jangan seperti pemerintah Inggris yang saya nilai pengecut,padahal bangsa Inggris zaman dahulu adalah terkenal dengan patriotismenya tapi sekarang dengan sikapnya terhadap Wilders masyarakat Dunia menjadi tidak simpatik,bangaimana dengan masyarakat Inggris apakah mereka setuju terhadap sikap perintahnya? mudah-mudahan tidak,Saya sarankan kepada masyarakat Inggris jangan mudah percanya kepada ideologi yang mereka tawarkan karena didalamnya dibungkus dengan rapi untuk mencapai tujuan untuk menguasai Inggris itulah tujuan mereka ( Tujuan Iblis) membuat Inggris menjadi hukum syariah,dan kalian akan menjadi budak mereka maukah kalian tunduk pada kakinya?,padahal kalian adal bangsa yang terhormat.
NUTS to Islam and the
NUTS to Islam and the Muslims.
It is so good to hear Geert Wilders - is he the last brave man left in Europe?
What happened to the Brits who so bravely fought the Nazis? What happened to the resistance fighters in Europe during those dark days.
Now we finally have a man who is truly Churchillian in his vision. Obama, are you listening, Obama - where do you stand?
Join the United American Committee and support their cause of bringing this evil cult into the open.
Wali Shoebart, Ayan Ali
Wali Shoebart, Ayan Ali Hersh, Ali Sina, Robert Spencer and Geert Wilders all of them live with a threat to their lives and for the common reason of criticising Islam. Do the governments of Europe, Canada and India not find this strange that only people who criticise Islam need body guards ?
I assume the above mentioned governments do not upset muslims for fear of pushing the Moderate muslim over the edge to becoming an extremist to put it mildly. What they forget is that in doing this they push the moderate non muslim in the same direction. In my veiw this is good, because when the world is pushed into a corner and will have to fight this satanic "Religion" the war will be at our back doors it will be against people whom we have known for years. We as moderate law abiding citizens will have to muster enough hatred in our hearts to kill a Muslim to protect our families but for the Muslim this will come naturally from the Koran failing which the neighbourhood Mullas will accomodate.
I know this since I am an Indian and numerous riots with muslims have shown us how much of hatred one needs to kill a friend
Every citizen should be a
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. (Thomas Jefferson)
Don't forGeert Wilders!
Stop talking, start acting.
Isn't Geert's freedom worth a stamp?
If Geert Wilders falls, then Freedom of speech is dead in Europe. We are launching an extensive International Action SITA including two possible texts ; one comparing Wilders and Winston Churchill and another Wilders and Charlie Chaplin:
http://sitamnesty.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/i-support-democrat-geert-wins...
http://sitamnesty.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/i-support-democrat-geert-char...
To support Geert Wilders and our dearly acquired freedoms please participate to the 2 suggested actions and transmit this message to your friends owners of a website in order they publish it.
An other way to support Geert Wilders is to give some money. To donate: http://www.geertwilders.nl
FIRST RESULTS
SITA action in support to Geert Wilders, report N°2 (25/02/2009)
It's already one month ago (21/01-->25/02) we have been launching an international SITA action in support to Geert Wilders the "Voltaire" of four time.
The beginning success with 2 large peaks of 400 views(01/26/09) then 300(02/07/09) is confirmed with presently more than 3000 views; have a look on the graphics on nemosini SITA Actions International page.
Still better, our SITA websites (coranix.org and SITAmnesty.wordpress.com) have been visited by Dutch Ministery of Justice: http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s16action&v=32&r=9&vlr=16&pg=1&d=224
It's clearly the proof SITA mails are disturbing Dutch authorities. So much better it's our aim.
Let's forget peaks, from now on we must keep on sending from time to time (once a week or month) a SITA mail in order the dhimmis from Amsterdam receive every day one or two letters, not necessaryly an amount. Think about the drop of water falling regularly at the same place and capable to make a hole in the hardest rock.
If we consider 170 nemosinians involved to send a letter every month we will obtain 5/6 letters every day. For example you could do it the date of you birthday so it would be an almost random process. A little effort from every one and a great success for all of us. Let's maintain the pressure.
Correction: in my previous
Correction: in my previous message the URL is not valid anymore. Here is the good one: http://tinyurl.com/agl2kn
Bravo gastou. Get on with
Bravo gastou.
Get on with the fight, have forwarded the links to my friends who in turn will do the same, this man Wilders is one in a million, keep it up.
" will have to muster enough
" will have to muster enough hatred in our hearts to kill a Muslim"
"I know this since I am an Indian and numerous riots with muslims have shown us how much of hatred one needs to kill a friend"-Venex
Dear Venex,
Your hatred and contempt against muslims is quiet evident from your remark above. I feel it is quiet sad that people in the garb of humanism are running this campaign of hatred which calls for the annihilation of a complete religion. It is the same wishful thinking that must have inspired critics of Islam for over fourteen hundred years. These critics and skeptics have spilled the same sort of venom trying to build mistrust and phobia between Islam and other world religions. Unfortunately for them this religion has stood the test of time and far from being shunned it is winning over hearts each day across the world. It is a forum with a sinister agenda. It is where people who have chosen hate over understanding muscle the moderates into believing their interpretation of Islam. This is well reflected in the statements of people who refer to this religion as an ‘evil cult’ and those who call for the complete eradication of it. How else can you explain Hindus and self professed ‘proud Christians’ advocating the same in the subsequent response to Geert Wilder’s speech. Not long ago did a man in Europe sow seeds of hatred and false Nationalism to justify his agenda against the Jewish people of Germany. He was surely honored with ‘standing ovations’ by the then German people. Those who refused this message of hate had their nationalism and patriotism towards Deutschland questioned. The society after a while was indoctrinated by this vicious ideology of hate. And humanity was left like a silent bystander to this cruelty . Well, here we are at a point in history when humanity is seeing the foundations of another ‘holocaust’ being laid. This time it’s the Muslims who are intended to be the next victims. God in his infinite wisdom has his ways. As Hitler couldn’t drive our Jewish brothers out of Europe nor will the new Nazis of the world be able to eradicate Islam. This hatred and perceived fears have to stop. This world has survived the clashes of civilizations, famines and crises that seemed unsurmountable.. Yet we survive in forms of different nations, races, creeds and cultures. This is how god wished the world to be.
- O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).
( Al-Hujraat, Chapter #49, Verse #13)-
Well maybe not the logic that your ‘perfect’audience would like to reflect upon. It is their arrogance that leads them to turn and rebuke this religion. It is also the intellectual challenge of the Quran that engages normal people in understanding and the faint hearted to reject and hate it. When they read the Quran they find themselves described in it in various forms and capacities. Surely Quran doesn’t carry glad tidings for those who are arrogant. The message is the same in the Torah and the Bible. The quran states
(17) Say: "We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)."
( , Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #84
This is the Islam that they don’t want the people of the world to know. Because, they fear that their audience will shrink. The hate mongers who hide behind the veil of awakened Christianity, radical Zionism, fundamentalist Hinduism and amusingly ‘humanism’ in the case of this forum. These cowards are not Hindus, Jews, Christian, Buddhists or humanists that they pretend to be. Because this criticism of Islam uses profanity and intimidation rather than dialogue. This certainly is not the teaching of any of these religions or belief system.
They are neither Atheists, because atheists are ones who don’t believe in god. The atheists in this forum appear not to believe in only the Muslim idea of God. It is clearly established by the negative stance the owners and volunteers of this site take against Islam. They begin with negativity and end in false rhetoric of hatred against Islam.
‘NEVER AGAIN’ – we keep reminding ourselves throughout the world. We have made laws against any deniers of that atrocity. Rightly so – ‘never again’ but this ‘never again’ should apply to all. What we are witnessing here are the same characteristics and playing of the same drama with different characters. Blame Islam! This should sound very familiar to people who value humanity. The Jews were victims of the same blame game. The world should not be silent bystanders to these planners of atrocity. It all began in the same manner. Let us rise above our petty hatreds, personal ill experiences and growing up prejudices and breathe easy and reject this verdict pronounced by haters of Islam. It is not Islam they hate. It is their personal failures and grievances that they let out here. We should not lose hope and end up in their maniacal despair. Their lives and basis of their faith and rejection of god finds its foundations in their hatred of Islam..
They say: "Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (To salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah."
( Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #135)
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fuck u all motherfuckers i am
fuck u all motherfuckers
i am a muslim ,
im going to buy a gun and shoot the motherfucker.
Bye ''Hope''
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