“Unity concerning the right to freedom of opinion,” this is the prevailing idea among hundreds of demonstrators in front of the Justice Building in Amsterdam just before the trial of Geert Wilders. “Let us strive toward that goal,” he would call to us. Who would want to dispute this claim? One and a half months after the Swiss minaret initiative, the tables have been turned 180 degrees. The ban against new minarets doesn’t mean that a Muslim will be refused the right to the free exercise of his religion.

The vote for the ban wasn’t about irrational fears against believers of Islam, rather a wise foresight into how life could look like a half century from now if some kind of understanding regarding this political ideology is not reached.

However, in a Dutch courtroom yesterday, a trial was started that will decide whether one has the right to express his opinions clearly about themes that are possibly agitating or controversial without fear of state-sponsored repression. This process will cover the right to expression of opinion that bolder generations before us achieved through the sacrifice of their own blood. A higher issue will be dealt with today than the unqualified criticisms of a population group having the imprint of Islam, left-wing reactionaries or the self-righteous upon it. Geert Wilders has put his personal freedom on the table for the defense of this elementary Western value. One should ask himself these questions: “Just who is the victim, and who is the perpetrator? Who is exercising true criticism against a system that threatens all our freedoms? Who is the one that openly in the streets sends others to their death (remember Theo van Gogh), or with axes in private residences (remember Kurt Westergaard)? Or who is it that attempts to impede the emancipation offered by a more acceptable civilization (Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Seyran Ates, Necla Kelek, etc.)?

Geert Wilders is doing this because he has the intellect, the charisma, and the independent spirit needed for the battle. Let’s join this battle for freedom. The thoughts are free. They only need air to breathe.

(German PI-article from StaderGeest translated by Anders Denken)

\"Unity concerning the right to freedom of opinion,\" this is the prevailing idea among hundreds of demonstrators in front of the Justice Building in Amsterdam just before the trial of Geert Wilders. \"Let us strive toward that goal,\" he would call to us. Who would want to dispute this claim? One and a half ...

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