U.S. senate hosts Geert Wilders on Capitol hill Free speech unlike the U.K.

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3676607,00.html 





     

US senator hosts anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker

Republican Jon Kyl sponsoring screening of Geert Wilders' film, says 'all too often, people who have the courage to point out the dangers of militant Islamists find themselves vilified and endangered'

Associated Press
Published:    02.24.09, 09:39 / Israel News

Republican Sen. Jon Kyl is hosting a film screening at the Capitol building for a far-right Dutch[me commenting..why do they call wilders a far right he's a classical liberal who stands for liberal values] lawmaker who claims that Islam inspires terrorism.

 

 
Kyl is sponsoring the Thursday event for Geert Wilders, who was denied entry to London earlier this month because British officials said he posed a threat to public order.

 
Wilders' 15-minute film juxtaposes verses from the Quran with images of violence by Muslims. Wilders has called the Quran a "fascist book" and said it should be banned.

 
Kyl agreed to facilitate the event because "all too often, people who have the courage to point out the dangers of militant Islamists find themselves vilified and endangered," said spokesman Ryan Patmintra.

 
Thursday's event was being sponsored by the International Free Press Society, headed by Danish activist Lars Hedegaard, and the Center for Security Policy, a think tank in Washington led by Republican Frank Gaffney.

 
'Blasphemy laws make no sense'

The event is closed to the public and the media, but the film is being offered to members of Congress and their staff in the ornate "LBJ room," a Senate office once used by President Lyndon B. Johnson when he was majority leader and later vice president.

 
Wilders' film has sparked protests around the world, and it has inspired a debate on freedom of speech. Wilders had been invited to Britain by a member of Parliament's upper house, the House of Lords, to show his film. But the British government refused his entry into the country, saying he posed a threat to "community harmony."

 
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the British Broadcasting Corp. that Wilders was guilty of "extreme anti-Muslim hate." He said, "There is no freedom to stir up racial and religious hatred."

 
Hedegaard, who helped sponsor Wilders' visit to the Capitol, said Europe's hate speech and blasphemy laws make no sense.

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"The way to deal with controversial, offensive or even hateful statements, unless they are directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action, is to expose them to public debate and criticism," Hedegaard said in a statement advertising a Friday press conference with Wilders.

 
While it is unusual for US lawmakers to grant Capitol access to such a controversial figure, it was unlikely Wilders' appearance would produce the same outcry as it did in Britain.

 
Several leading senators, including Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, declined to comment.

[arksis]

I wish CNN and MSNBC would invite him so he could speak to the liberals about this! I just emailed his speech to everyone in my address book, never heard truer words! If you want to read his speech, it is here:

http://www.jihadwatch.org:80/archives/022867.php

[mord]

I wish CNN and MSNBC would invite him so he could speak to the liberals about this! I just emailed his speech to everyone in my address book, never heard truer words! If you want to read his speech, it is here:

http://www.jihadwatch.org:80/archives/022867.php

He was on Fox yesterday on Glenn Becks show

[briann]

I wonder if there is any Geert Wilder T-shirts or bumper stickers

[ag337]

Wilders was also on Bill O'Reilly's show yesterday.  O'Reilly tried to play the "politically correct" interviewer and asked Wilders couldn't the same claims he made about Radical Islam also be made from certain passages in the Tanach or the New Testament.

Wilders shot this down and told O'Reilly that Radical Islam is different and that it is an entity that it's only goal is complete domination and those who do not submit to this way of thinking need to be destroyed.

O'Reilly also asked Wilder what is his solution in dealing with Radical Islam.  And Wilders made his position very clear.  He would halt all immigration from all Muslim countries to Europe immediately and those who have already immigrated, if they are involved in violent acts they should immediately be stripped of their rights and be deported from the country.

Wilders is  more than correct about his assertion about Radical Islam and I could not agree with him more that the issue of Radical Islam must be addressed now and done so aggressively.  Wilders needs to be supported.  He understands the true threat of  Radical Islam.

I hope that after the screening, these senators can gain a true understanding of what the entire world is up against in dealing with Radical Islam. 

[Ze'ev]

Gert Wilders...

[Xoce]

I wonder if there is any Geert Wilder T-shirts or bumper stickers

I know this is not what you were asking for, but to show support:
People can donate to his legal defense fund:
http://www.geertwilders.nl/