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August 17, 2007
Dutch Reject Call to Ban Koran But Worry About Islam
Dutch Reject Call to Ban Koran But Worry About Islam
Three out of four citizens of the Netherlands reject a populist lawmaker's call for the Koran to be banned, according to a poll that also indicates a deep level of concern about the role of Islam in their country. The poll indicates there is steadily growing support for the controversial politician's party.
Geert Wilders of the anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV) last week called publicly for the Koran to be banned. The subject continues to stir debate, and the Dutch ANP news agency reported that authorities have received "scores" of complaints from around the country.
In an open letter published in a Dutch newspaper, Wilders said some of the text's verses instruct Muslims "to oppress, persecute or kill Christians, Jews, dissidents and non-believers, to beat and rape women and to establish an Islamic state by force."
Meanwhile, Wilders says he plans to press criminal charges against a Dutch-Moroccan rapper who calls himself Appa, after the rapper told a newspaper that "if someone were to put a bullet in his [Wilders'] head, I wouldn't mind."
Appa's latest song/video is laced with expletives and features images depicting violence, assaults and an abduction. He wears a t-shirt bearing the word "terrorist" and handles knives and axes and other weapons.
In 2004, a Dutch-Moroccan extremist murdered Theo Van Gogh, a controversial filmmaker critical of extremist Islam. Another high-profile critic, Somalia-born lawmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali, had worked with Van Gogh on a documentary about the oppression of women under Islam. She too faced death threats and later moved to the United States, where she is now a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
Wild Thing's comment.........
Awhile back I received an email from someone that I knew when I lived in California. She is a strong conservative and feels as we do about our troops, the war and politics. She had just gone on her first trip out of the USA and had this to say about Amsterdam.
When I say this article I thought of her email to me that I had saved.................
" I just got back from Amsterdam; I had never been there before and I came away with some mind blowing data, heretofore unknown by me: A) All those deadly, steep stairs my friends warned me about really do exist - they would never pass OSHA standardsB) They really do sell pot in the coffeehouses, and the quality is so high it makes aforementioned stairs nearly impassable
C) The place is crawling with rude, surly muslims who looked at me with murder in their eyes, although, in my defense, I may have been a bit paranoid at the time.
But really, who would go to the Anne Frank House and laugh and goof off the entire time, as if were Disneyland?
Answer: muslims, from what I saw."
Posted by Wild Thing at August 17, 2007 12:50 AM
Comments
It is going to be close whether the Europeans wake up in time to survive to the insidious moslem problem that is poised to take over Europe. The Netherlands have allowed wide open immigration for decades and now they are about to be overwhelmed by a moslem counter-culture that will not return the courtesy of live and let live. Hiding from the problem in the haze of pot smoke will not make it go away.
If you ever get an opportunity to hear or read Ayaan Hirsi Ali, it is well worth the time. This lady has first hand experiences with the horrors of extreme islamism. She is very intelligent and articulate in her exposes of this cult at some of it's worst, and it's goals of eventually ruling or destroying the world.
Posted by: TomR at August 17, 2007 10:05 AM
Hmmmm....not enough toilets, I guess.
WT; tell your friend to read Mark 9. With regards to eyes, feel free to remove the Moosleeming eyes so they will not be offended.
Posted by: Steve Gaston at August 17, 2007 09:24 PM
Tom, oh wow yes I have read her story. It gave me chills and tears and I am proud of her too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 17, 2007 11:40 PM
Steve thank you so much, I sure will.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 17, 2007 11:42 PM
