Friend or Foe of Free Speech?How Geert Wilders is only asking for the consistent application of Dutch law.

By Robert Spencer

Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders has been hailed worldwide as a hero of free speech after Dutch authorities announced that they were going to prosecute him for insulting Islam and Muslims. However, not everyone sees him as a hero. Ian Buruma said it in the New York Times:

Whether Mr. Wilders has deliberately insulted Muslim people is for the judges to decide. But for a man who calls for a ban on the Koran to act as the champion of free speech is a bit rich.

It’s worth considering. Is supporting Wilders as a champion of free speech “a bit rich”? Is he just a totalitarian book-banner?

In fact, no. Wilders made a speech in the Dutch Parliament about banning the Qur’an in September 2007. Read more ...

Source: FrontPage Magazine

Which Speech is Free Speech?
	I am a Muslim
	Inoffensive speech
	Speech offensive for reasons other than listed below
	Defaming one's family & all of the above
	Defaming religion, mocking prophets & all of the above
	Inciting violence & all of the above
	Conspiring to commit violence & all of the above
	I am not a Muslim
	Inoffensive speech
	Speech offensive for reasons other than listed below
	Defaming one's family & all of the above
	Defaming religion, mocking prophets & all of the above
	Inciting violence & all of the above
	Conspiring to commit violence & all of the above