Dutch court orders prosecution of anti-Islamic lawmaker
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Dutch court has ordered the prosecution of an outspoken right-wing lawmaker for making anti-Islamic statements.
Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders made headlines around the world in March 2008 with his film "Fitna," which juxtaposed Koranic verses against a background of violent film clips and images of terrorism by Islamic radicals.
The Amsterdam Appeals Court decision means prosecutors will now have to launch a hate-speech case against Wilders for his statements in the interviews and a short film.
Last year, prosecutors decided against launching a case against Wilders, saying his strident anti-Islamic statements were hurtful to Muslims but not criminal.
Wilders told Dutch media it was a "black day for myself and for freedom of speech."
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