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Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest

Far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders on Thursday canceled a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that sparked protests in Pakistan. In a written statement Thursday night, Wilders, an outspoken anti-Islam party leader, said he decided to “let the contest go” following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk. Wilders added that his fight […]

Dutch premier distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest

Dutch premier distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch prime minister on Friday distanced his government from a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest being organized later this year by anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. Wilders “is not a member of the government. The competition is not a government initiative,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte said at his weekly press conference. Rutte’s […]

Europe’s Far-Right Wants Its Own Muslim Ban

Jesus Was Not White. Here Is Why That Matters

Europe’s most extreme right leaders gathered in Prague on Sunday to discuss their aspirations for implementing a Muslim ban resembling President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy. “We must have the courage to have travel bans as President Trump has done in the United States,” Geert Wilders, a far-right Dutch politician who sports a mop of […]

Shattering the Myth of Dutch Tolerance

Ted Nugent Says the Parkland Survivors 'Have No Soul'

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. The reason for the attention is clear: A Trump lookalike populist, Geert Wilders, was rumored to win big as part of a Western populist movement that some call the “Patriotic Spring.” His […]

How Geert Wilders Lost Power But Gained Influence

As results flooded in after the Dutch general election, incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte was beaming. The country, he said, had hit back against far-right, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders and the hate he espoused. Wilders’s Party for Freedom came a distant second, with 20 seats, to Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, which won […]

Ahead of French poll, pro-Europeans take heart from Wilders defeat

After Brexit and Trump, many pro-EU politicians were beginning to dread a wave of right-wing populism that might reach the Netherlands and, most dangerously for the bloc, France. The Dutch election results have them breathing a sigh of relief, though not all observers are convinced. Paris (dpa) – It’s the nightmare haunting European Union leaders […]

Wilders Suspends Campaign Over Security Leaks

Controversial anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, whose party had long led the polls ahead of next month’s Dutch general election, has suspended his campaign after a security agent allegedly leaked information on his whereabouts to a Dutch-Moroccan criminal gang. Wilders, who had been receiving 24-hour state protection, announced the move after reports emerged that an employee […]

Geert Wilders tweets fake picture of rival

Geert Wilders tweets fake picture of rival

Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders, know for his comments targeting Islam and Muslims, has triggered a row over fake news, after posting a Twitter message showing a digitally altered picture of another party leader at a rally. Some five weeks ahead of key elections in The Netherlands, Wilders on Monday posted the fake picture of […]

Europe’s Nationalist Leaders Present Vision for ‘a Free Europe’

Europe’s Nationalist Leaders Present Vision for ‘a Free Europe’

European nationalist leaders met in Germany Saturday in a show of strength at the start of a year of big election tests, celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration as the U.S. president and declaring themselves a realistic alternative to the continent’s governments. The Koblenz Congress brought together French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen of the National Front […]

Sylvana Simons: Racism is accepted in the Netherlands

Sylvana Simons: Racism is accepted in the Netherlands

As the Netherlands gears up for general elections, now two months away, a new political party aims to fight back against the rising tide of Geert Wilders’ right-wing populism. Despite receiving a barrage of hate mail and threats, former TV presenter-turned politician Sylvana Simons will enter the race on May 15 as leader of Artikel […]