Geert Wilders: Judges Must Step Down: New Trial for Geert Wilders

After months of fighting against the extreme Muslim incursion into his country of The Netherlands, politician and party leader Geert Wilders' attorneys asked that the judges in his hate speech trial step down due to bias. See the video, Geert Wilders Warning to America below.

Geert Wilders

This comes on the heels of last week's reports quoting prosecutors saying Wilders "should be found not guilty" of insulting Muslims and non-western immigrants as a group. In the same article, "prosecutors were "outlining their sentencing demands."

Mr Wilders' lawyer Bram Moszkowicz had argued that the bench at Amsterdam District Court had created "an impression of partiality" by putting off a decision on the defence's request to recall a witness.

Being denied the opportunity to recall the witness would "make it impossible for the defence to substantiate a crucial part of its case", he added.

A hastily convened panel said on Friday that it found the trial judges' decision to be "incomprehensible in the absence of any motivation".

They said that, as a result, Mr Wilders' fear of bias as a result was "understandable".

"Under the circumstances, the request (for the judges' removal) is granted," said a statement from the panel.

The trial which began in October will start all over again with new judges who have not sat-in on any part of the trial. The investigative stage will remain as it was at the beginning of the previous trial.

Wilders is accused of calling Islam "fascist" and comparing the Koran with Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Mark Steyn's always insightful perspective:

At a certain level, the trial of Geert Wilders for the crime of “group insult” of Islam is déjà vu all over again. For as the spokesperson for the Openbaar Ministerie put it, “It is irrelevant whether Wilders’s witnesses might prove Wilders’s observations to be correct. What’s relevant is that his observations are illegal.”

Wilders Freedom Party more than doubled their seats in parliament in June elections...even with Wilders facing trial, gaining 24 seats up from just 9. About one-and-a-half million people chose The Freedom Party, and in doing so, Geert Wilders. The party is now the third largest in The Netherlands.

Make no mistake about it, Geert Wilders may be facing trial thousands of miles, and an ocean away, but he is fighting the fight against Islamization  for you and for me as well. He is risking one year in prison if found guilty.

Geert Wilders - A Warning to America Part 2

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Geert Wilders Pat Condell: Video Commentary from Pat Condell on Geert Wilders' Trial

Here is an excellent video commentary from Pat Condell regarding Amsterdam courts and Geert Wilders. Pay attention America. As Amsterdam prepares to condemn one of their own members of Parliament, with no regard for freedom of speech, this can still yet be our future.

This trial affects all of us. As Condell says we are all traveling the same road, and we will all arrive at the same place if we do not recognize what is going on.

Pullout quote from Condell:

It doesn't get anymore immoral than that...Shame on, shame on, the crooked judges of Amsterdam. ~ Pat Condell

For more: Atlas Shrugs and Express.co.uk

Pat Condell on Geert Wilders

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Geert Wilders Trial: Netherlands vs Wilders: Freedom on Trial in Netherlands

The trial of Geert Wilders began this week in the Netherlands. Freedom is on trial in that country as Wilders defends his free speech rights against charges of hate crime against Islam - inciting hatred and discrimination. Wilders compared the Koran to Mein Kampf. See a video below. Stay tuned for details as the trial progresses.

 Here is a snippet of Wilders' opening address to the court, courtesy FrontPageMagazine:

I believe with all my heart and soul that the freedom in the Netherlands is threatened. That what our heritage is, what generations could only dream about, that this freedom is no longer a given, no longer self-evident.

I devote my life to the defence of our freedom. I know what the risks are and I pay a price for it every day. I do not complain about it; it is my own decision. I see that as my duty and it is why I am standing here.

I know that the words I use are sometimes harsh, but they are never rash. It is not my intention to spare the ideology of conquest and destruction, but I am not any more out to offend people. I have nothing against Muslims. I have a problem with Islam and the Islamization of our country because Islam is at odds with freedom.

Wilders, 45, is a Dutch politician and the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV). This trial attempting to stifle free speech, may be far away from the U.S. but the same battle has already reached Canada, and make no mistake about, it Islam plans the same for America. Maybe you are familiar with Wilders' film Fitna? If not, please make a point to view the second video below. This is a video you will not forget.



Geert Wilders on Trial (video)

Geert Wilders Fitna (video)