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Synagogue hails Dutch lawmaker as a hero
by Penny Schwartz https://www.legal-project.org/199/synagogue-hails-dutch-lawmaker-as-a-hero Excerpt: STOUGHTON, Mass. (JTA) -- In his home continent, Dutch politician Geert Wilders is something of a pariah, banned from the United Kingdom and facing prosecution in the Netherlands for his harsh views of Islam. His calls to end immigration from Muslim countries and ban the Koran -- he compared it to Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and said it incites to violence -- have earned him broad condemnation in Europe and forced him under the protection of a security detail, a rarity for Dutch leaders. But in some quarters of the American Jewish community, Wilders is more akin to a hero. At the very least, he was greeted as such by about 250 people last week at a Conservative synagogue in this Boston-area town. The boisterous crowd at the Ahavath Torah Congregation gave Wilders, who heads the Dutch Party for Freedom and serves in the parliament, a standing ovation and shouted "Bravo" at the conclusion of his speech. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Geert Wilders receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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