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Jordan court wants Wilders arrested

Friday 20 June 2008

The maker of the controversial film Fitna, anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, is afraid that he might be arrested while travelling abroad following a ruling by a court in Jordan earlier this week, reports Friday’s Volkskrant.

A group calling itself The Messenger of Allah Unites Us has called for an international arrest warrant against Wilders accusing him of racism, inciting hatred and insulting Islam and Muslims, reports the paper. The group was also behind a call for a boycott of Dutch products in Jordan earlier this year.

According to the Volkskrant the Dutch foreign affairs minister Maxim Verhagen is aware of the possibility that Wilders may be arrested and has ordered an analysis of the risks facing the leader of the anti-immigration PVV party.

The anti-terrorism coordinator is also aware of the situation and is ‘fortunately taking it very seriously’, Wilders tells the paper. The risk of arrest limits his freedom of movement ‘hugely’ and makes it impossible to carry out his work as an MP, Wilders tells the Volkskrant.

© DutchNews.nl


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Wilders represents the truth and the truth should never be censored. Wilders committed no crime. I think it is a crime that Christians are persecuted in all Muslim nations. Muslim hypocrisy!!!! Keep your freedoms and don't let Sharia law creep into the Western world!!!!

By Ana | June 20, 2008 4:58 PM


I think that governments around the world who have been effected by radical Muslim terrorists should request arrest warrants for every political figure in the home countries of the terrorists. Fight fire with fire! This is utter nonsense!!! When the day comes that a person can be arrested for (a) telling the truth and (b) compiling facts then we should ALL take up arms and fight on the side of right!!!

By Tim Lee | June 23, 2008 1:56 PM


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