Showing posts with label Muhammad Cartoons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muhammad Cartoons. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2015

Undeterred!

June 22, 2015 Bloomberg , Geert Wilders 0 Comments
Dutch Party Leader Wilders Posts Muhammad Cartoons On YouTube 

By Corina Ruhe, Jun. 20, 2015, Bloomberg

The controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a three-minute film on YouTube on Saturday after public television didn’t air the program as planned.

Wilders, a parliamentarian for the Freedom Party, had intended the film to be televised during a slot granted to political parties in the Netherlands. Dutch public broadcasting system NPO said it had received the wrong footage and the program would air on June 24.

“It’s important we show them,” Wilders said of the nine cartoons in the film. “That is the only way to assure that the terrorists do not defeat freedom of speech.”

Wilders has been a vocal opponent of Islam and migration to the Netherlands, using his Twitter account to rail against everything from Islamic State killings to refugees seeking asylum. He has lived under police protection since 2004 following death threats. In his 2008 film “Fitna,” he called on Muslims to rip out “hate-preaching” verses from the Koran.

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Will He Try Again?

June 21, 2015 AFP/Yahoo , Geert Wilders 0 Comments
Dutch Populist Blames 'Misunderstanding' As Mohammed Cartoons Not Aired

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By AFP/Yahoo, Jun. 20, 2015

The Hague (AFP) - Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders blamed a "misunderstanding" for the failure Saturday of his planned airing of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, insisting they would now be broadcast next week.

"I have just spoken to NPO boss (Henk) Hagoort. It seems to have been a misunderstanding," Wilders tweeted after Dutch public broadcaster NPO aired a previous party-political broadcast of Wilders in which the cartoons did not feature.

The attempted airing of the video including caricatures that many Muslims find offensive descended into farce after Wilders initially accused the public broadcaster’s news, sports and current affairs arm NOS for the mix-up.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Hope He's Got Life Insurance

June 04, 2015 Associated Press , Mike Corder 0 Comments
Dutch Firebrand Vows To Show Muhammad Cartoons On TV 

By Mike Corder, Jun. 3, 2015, Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said Wednesday he plans to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on Dutch television after Parliament refused to display them.

Wilders said he would show the cartoons during television airtime reserved for political parties, in a move likely to offend Muslims since Islamic tradition holds that any physical depiction of the Prophet Muhammad is blasphemous.

Political parties in the Netherlands get a small amount of airtime each year and broadcasting authorities have no say in what the parties show. Wilders said the broadcast would likely take place in the next few weeks, but an exact date has yet to be determined.

The announcement came a month after Wilders gave a speech at a contest in Garland, Texas, for cartoon depictions of Muhammad. Shortly after Wilders left the event, it was targeted by two men with pistols and assault rifles. Security guards shot and killed the attackers.

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