Topic: Geert Wilders

The Netherlands plan ban on burqas

THE Netherlands has said it hopes to introduce a ban on the wearing of the full Islamic veil early next year. . . "We hope that the ban on wearing ...

Dutch politician Wilders seeks brand status: report

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch politician Geert Wilders, head of the anti-Islam Freedom Party, is now a "brand name" politician, a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday.Famous for his sharp criticism of Islam, his opposition to immigration and more recently his rejection of bailing ...

Conrad Black: A week for fear and faith

This has been one of those weeks when it has been possible to imagine that the whole world, except for Canada of course, had taken leave of its...
Jan Johannessen/AFP/Getty Images. A powerful bomb blast rocked government and media buildings in Norway's capital Oslo on July 22.. . Having had 16...

Analysis: Norway massacre exposes incendiary immigration issue

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik said he killed 93 people to spark a "revolution" against the multiculturalism he believed was sapping Europe's heritage, and experts say a frank debate about immigration may be the best way to prevent similar explosions ...
By Mohammed Abbas. . OSLO - Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik said he killed 93 people to spark a “revolution” against the multiculturalism he...
Re: Black Sent Back, Theresa Tedesco, June 25. To draw upon Conrad Black's own superb example (he quoted Mark Twain, saying “a lie gets halfway...
Geert Wilders is Dutch, not Canadian. And his acquittal this week on hate-speech charges was decided by a court in The Netherlands, not Canada...

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders acquitted

Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders walked away from hate speech and discrimination charges Thursday for statements made attacking Islam, calling his acquittal a victory for freedom of speech."You are being acquitted on all the charges that were put against you," Judge ...
Protestors clashed over plans to build a community center and mosque near Ground Zero Saturday, hurling epithets as families mourned those lost...