Has Wilders broken the law?
Geert Wilders' inflammatory anti-Muslim statements are well known. Are they illegal?

by Folkert Jensma
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
January 20, 2010

http://www.legal-project.org/article/616

Excerpt:

Rumour has it that Geert Wilders, the leader of the Netherlands' populist Freedom Party, hopes to call Mohamed Bouyeri, the man who killed Theo van Gogh, as a witness in his trial, which starts today.

Probably to establish the connection between the Qur'an and violence - that Wilders assumes, the prosecution, however, will focus on the Dutch criminal code, particularly the two articles the politician is alleged to have violated: 137 c and d.

Wilders is charged with slandering a group and inciting hatred, and discrimination on the basis of race or religion. He has targeted Muslims on the basis of their religion, the prosecution will argue, and non-western migrants or Moroccans on the basis of their race. The trial is expected to last months.

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