Muslims Prove They`re No Threat to Western Culture
When Geert Wilders arrived in the UK two weeks ago (1), he was met by Muslim protesters opposite the Houses of Parliament, where his press conference was held.
The protesters held up the usual signs we have come to expect telling us that western civilization has nothing to fear from Islam:
Mr. Wilders said, "I have a problem with the Islamic ideology, the Islamic culture, because I feel that the more Islam we get in our societies, the less freedom we get."
Where does he get these crazy ideas? Surely not from these demonstrators?
Although I agree with him that the burqa should be banned, I cannot defend his call to ban the Qur'an (2), even though Mein Kampf is banned in Holland. The Qur'an, a vile piece of military toilet paper, should be available to be read for the same reason that we allow Mein Kampf to be read in the US. No book should be banned.
Before any of my readers try to point out that a small group of Muslims demonstrating for Shariah law does not mean that any significant number of UK Muslims feel the same way, please be informed that more than 600,000 Muslims in the UK want Shariah law [Link].
ENDNOTES
(1):
BBC, 16 Oct 2009, Dutch MP hails UK visit 'victory'
Controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders has hailed his arrival in the UK as a "victory for freedom of speech".
He told a packed press conference in Westminster he was "proud of the UK asylum and immigration tribunal" for overturning the ban.
And he repeated his criticism of Muslim ideology and defended his call for the Koran to be banned in Holland.
His press conference was moved inside amid angry scenes, with demonstrators chanting "Wilders go to hell".
About 40 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Abbey Gardens buildings, opposite the Houses of Parliament, where the hastily rearranged press conference was held.
Held back by a police line, and surrounded by camera crews from around the world, they chanted slogans such as "Sharia for the UK" and "Freedom go to hell" and held up placards saying: "Sharia for the Netherlands" and "Islam will be superior".
(2):
Gates of Vienna, Ban the Koran in the Netherlands
Geert Wilders wants to ban the Koran. The leader of the Party for Liberty wrote this today in De Volkskrant. The politician compared the Islamic holy scripture with Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. That book has been censored in The Netherlands since the end of World War Two; it cannot be sold in the country. Wilders, about the Koran: “Ban that cursed book, just as Mein Kampf is banned!”
