Wilders gets Canadian support on eve of trial

by Joanne Hill
Jewish Tribune
January 27, 2010

http://www.legal-project.org/622/wilders-gets-canadian-support-on-eve-of-trial

Excerpt:

TORONTO – On the same day that the Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders appeared before a court in the Netherlands on charges of incitement to hatred and discrimination against the religious beliefs of Muslims, about 150 people filled a room in Toronto's Zionist Centre to show their support for Wilders and view his controversial film, Fitna.

Although the public prosecutor's office in The Netherlands had already declined to charge Wilders, the appeals court reviewed the complaints made against him and decided that he should stand trial. According to the web site of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, Wilders will be tried for statements that he has made in public and in his film, Fitna (which means strife in Arabic). He is also accused of insulting the Islamic community by comparing the Koran to Mein Kampf.

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