Geert Wilders to visit Washington on Friday
Persecuted Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been invited to the District of Columbia this week by Senator John Kyl to screen Fitna for the House. Here's a press release from the Intl. Free Press Society (via Michelle Malkin):
Update: Wilders told Glenn Beck that Europe needs a First Amendment. More precisely, they need a Religion Clause.
On Friday, February 27, 2009, Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders, founder and floor leader of the Freedom Party (PVV), and the International Free Press Society (IFPS), in conjunction with the Center for Security Policy, will discuss recent attacks on free speech worldwide, especially the recent legal actions against Wilders and other political leaders and journalists.I think this is very good that in the US, you have politicians who're concerned about free speech issues, unlike in Britain, where they're clearly not concerned at all.
The International Free Press Society will announce a global initiative to protect free speech from laws that criminalize any criticisms of Islam or the doctrines of Shariah.
The event will include a screening of Fitna, the controversial film which includes quotations from the Koran, documentary footage of Islamic leaders inciting violence (jihad) based on those quotations, and documentary footage of jihadist violence. The film can be viewed on the Internet here.
Mr. Wilders will discuss his efforts to show Fitna and to rally support for free speech and the right to criticize Islam.
Frank Gaffney, President of the Center for Security Policy, will discuss the dangers to America’s national security and civil liberties imposed by global oppression of free speech.
Update: Wilders told Glenn Beck that Europe needs a First Amendment. More precisely, they need a Religion Clause.
Labels: Europe, islam, jihad, terrorism, United States, war on terror
