A ban on headscarves for city council workers and in all institutions and clubs which get local authority money will be the most important point in the PVV´s negotiations to join governing coalitions in Almere and the Hague, says party leader Geert Wilders.
Speaking to RTL news, Wilders said the ban would be central to talks to form new local authority executives in the only two cities where the party is contesting the March 3 local elections.
The ban will apply to 'all council offices and all other institutions and clubs which get even one cent of council money,' he said.
The PVV is tipped to emerge as the biggest party in Almere and second biggest in the Hague.
Speech
Wilders brought up the ban again in a speech to supporters in Almere, where he entered the room to the Rocky theme tune Eye of the Tiger.
The ban will not apply to other religious items such as Christian crosses and Jewish skull caps because these are symbols of our own Dutch culture, Wilders said in his speech, receiving a standing ovation from the crowd.
The speech began with a 'lengthy tirade' against the 'arrogant Labour party', according to the Volkskrant report of the meeting. 'If you translate the PvdA's Arabic language election brochures they say 'bring your family here. You get benefits, we pay for everything', the Volkskrant quoted the PVV leader as saying.
'Almere must become the safest city in the Netherlands,' he said. 'There will be an end to subsidies for Turkish macramé and Arabic finger painting. Not just the Netherlands but all of Europe will look to Almere.'
Discrimination
Wilders is currently facing charges of discrimination and inciting hatred against non western immigrants and Muslims. He always maintains he is opposed to Islam, not Muslims themselves.
Earlier this week, Wilders told the Telegraaf the PVV´s commitment to maintaining the current retirement age of 65 would be crucial in negotiations to form a new national government, following the collapse of the CDA, Labour and ChristenUnie alliance last weekend.
Most parties have already ruled out forming a coalition with Wilders. Only the Christian Democrats and right wing Liberals VVD have not done so.
Opinion polls make it likely that four parties will be needed to form a new government after the June 9 vote.
It is against human rights. It isn't even a meaningful answer to the attempted incorporation of Muslims into Western Culture. It only succeeds in enforcing isolation and contempt between communities. You cannot dictate values into people.
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I know how to sing
I know the way"
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Wilders can burn in hell and I wouldn't be suprised if someone tries attacking him now
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers. [Quran {33:43}] www.QuranicAudio.com www.Quran.com
'There will be an end to subsidies for Turkish macramé and Arabic finger painting. Not just the Netherlands but all of Europe will look to Almere.'
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Wilders is currently facing charges of discrimination and inciting hatred against non western immigrants and Muslims. He always maintains he is opposed to Islam, not Muslims themselves.
How are macrame and finger painting a strictly Islamic thing? He is just trying to justify his own racism.
He's an old joke now- yes he was funny at first, time to move on.
yes agree there
It is against human rights. It isn't even a meaningful answer to the attempted incorporation of Muslims into Western Culture. It only succeeds in enforcing isolation and contempt between communities. You cannot dictate values into people.
Agree with the gist of it but the bold part makes me a little nervous, reminds me of this
Well yeah he is gaining terrotory here. The government cant ignore that. Personally I fear the worst.
He is also very popular amongst Dutch students. They find him "cool" cos he has the guts to say all those things.
wilders is really pissing me off, this ugly racist ******* wants to ban the quran and a load of other things he's said in an interview
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers. [Quran {33:43}] www.QuranicAudio.com www.Quran.com
A party that calls Islam a backward religion, wants a ban on headscarves in public life and has compared the Koran to Hitler's Mein Kampf has made major gains in local elections in the Netherlands.
Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) has become the biggest party in the medium-sized city of Almere, and the second biggest in the political capital of the Netherlands, The Hague.
Mr Wilders was visibly buoyed by the results, but was also combative in his reaction, and called the results the first step in the upcoming campaign for parliamentary elections.
"The national campaign begins today. Today, in Almere and The Hague, tomorrow in all of the Netherlands… On 9 June, we'll conquer the Netherlands," he said.
The question remains whether the party will be able to join local government in those two cities. Dutch politics features a plethora of parties, and compromise is necessary to form coalitions.
Geert Wilders has said his party is ready to find the middle ground, but now he will be tested. Other Dutch parties are loath to work together with the PVV because of its outspoken standpoints.
Controversy fuels popularity
These elections are seen as an important indicator as the country prepares for parliamentary elections in June. The Labour Party's withdrawal from the Dutch cabinet on 20 February, causing the cabinet to fall, is just the opportunity Geert Wilders has been waiting for.
Since releasing the anti-Islam film Fitna two years ago, and being refused entry into the UK last year, Mr Wilders has been riding high in the opinion polls. His party has consistently polled as one of the biggest in the country.
The fact that he has been charged with fomenting hatred and discrimination has, if anything, only served to increase his popularity, at home and abroad.
The trial is currently on hold after two preliminary hearings, but will resume in the summer, and ultimately Wilders could face two years in prison if convicted.
But this, too, seems to have worked in the politician's favour, with many seeing him as a champion of the right to free speech.
Mr Wilders is also riding a wave of anti-establishment sentiment. Many Dutch voters are tired of politics-as-usual. That is reflected by the relatively poor showing in these municipal elections by the two major parties that formed the recent governing coalition, the Labour Party and the Christian Democrats.
Other parties which did well were the centre-right D66 and the left-wing Green Left party - the two parties that have been most vocal against Geert Wilders.
The Dutch voters are split, but it is clear the established parties are struggling to stay in touch with them.
Besides his hatred for Islam, he does this only to get publicity. He is one of those idiots who are incompetent on their own so they try to become something through/because of others. Best solution is to just ignore him and leave his stupid country, and boycott his country's products so he and his supporters learn a lesson for attacking Islam and the Muslims.
Notice how first they went after niqab, minarets and now the hijab. Slowly they will ban everything Islamic to force the Muslims to become naked shameless kuffar like them.
"Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you(O Muhammad ) till you follow their religion..." (Al-Baqarah 2:120)
He always maintains he is opposed to Islam, not Muslims themselves.
Is that supposed to make it less insulting or racial? "I don't hate jews..., I am opposed to what they believe in, judaism" would not have worked with Hitler, would it? How many people are buying that opposing Islam is NOT opposing muslims?
It's a good wake up call to people worldwide actually if he wins. We'll see the racism bubbling to the surface finally and maybe muslims will start learning that this Western nonsense of "we accept muslims/islam, we only hate terrorism" and "muslims should assimilate into our community, they are granted freedom of worship like everyone else" will start disappearing from naive perceptions.
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Iblis's eternal destination in the Hellfire is due to Arrogance, not Disbelief.
Is that supposed to make it less insulting or racial? "I don't hate jews..., I am opposed to what they believe in, judaism" would not have worked with Hitler, would it? How many people are buying that opposing Islam is NOT opposing muslims?
Actually, it is entirely plausible to hold intellectual opposition to an ideology without holding any personal contempt or opposition to its adherents. It would not have worked with Hitler because he actually did things that negatively impacted on the lives of individuals Jews.
In any case, there is something inherently contradictory with all of this. It is too often maintained, and often maintained without reasoning that every person who wears a hijab or niqaab is being oppressed in some form by 'extremists'. The resolution proposed by people like Wilders is that to resolve this 'oppression' is to impose the converse. It is to say "To dress a certain way is oppression, so therefore you must notby law dress that way".
Many of you may be surprised, but I cannot abide the hijab ban at all. It is foundationally totalitarian.
"I know how to fight
I know how to sing
I know the way"
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