Marked for Death: Islam's War Against the West and Me (42 page)

CHAPTER 12

1
The verses explored in Fitna are Koran 8:60, 4:56, 47:4, 4:89, and 8:39. The entire film can be seen on the LiveLeak website at
http://www.liveleak. com/view?i=216_1207467783
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2
The clip can be seen here: “Mocro’s schoppen kaalkopjes,”
Dumpert.nl
, March 12, 2008,
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/45891/7ba9e370/mocro_s_schoppen_kaalkopjes.html
.

3
“Naam ‘Wilders’ leidt tot doodsbedreiging,”
Eén vandaag
(Hilversum), March 11, 2008,
http://www.eenvandaag.nl/politiek/33172/naam_wilders_leidt_tot_doodsbedreiging
.

4
“Dutch Muslims Condemn MP’s Film,” BBC News (London), January 24, 2008,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7206644.stm
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5
“De hel zal losbarsten: ‘Wat jullie nodig hebben is een zware bomaanslag,’”
De Telegraaf
(Amsterdam), January 12, 2008.

6
Gerard Spong, in
Nova College Tour/Den Haag Vandaag,
NPS/VARA, Dutch television channel Nederland 2 (Hilversum), January 23, 2008, see “Spong daagt Wilders voor de rechter,” NOVA, January 23, 2008,
http://www.novatv.nl/page/detail/uitzendingen/5751
; “Advocaat Spong in rechtszaak tegen Wilders,” YouTube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIBBbTU2ALk
.

7
“Iran Warns Hague over Anti-Islam Film,” Press TV (Tehran), January 21, 2008,
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=39616§ionid=351020101
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8
Stephen Graham, “Pakistan Lifts Restrictions on YouTube,” Associated Press, February 26, 2008, available on ABC News,
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4348045&page=1
.

9
“Al-Qa‘ida roept op Wilders te vermoorden,”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam), February 27, 2008,
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/NieuwsBuitenland/159844/Al-Qaida-roept-op-Wilders-te-vermoorden.htm
.

10
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in “Nato Fears over Dutch Islam film,” BBC News (London), March 3, 2008,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7274259
. stm; and “Al-Qa’ida roept op Wilders te vermoorden,”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam).

11
“Grootmoefti: Bij geweld is Wilders de schuldige,”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam), January 15, 2008,
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Nieuws/Nederland/154145/Grootmoefti-Bij-geweld-is-Wilders-de-schuldige.htm
.

12
“Grand Mufti of Syria: a Single Civilisation Unites Us All,” Press release, European Parliament External Relations, Strasbourg, France, January 15, 2008,
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?language=EN&type=IM-PRESS&reference=20080111IPR18241
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13
“Wijers neemt Wilders op de hak,” NU.nl (Amsterdam), April 17, 2010,
http://www.nu.nl/politiek/2228332/wijers-neemt-wilders-hak.html
.

14
“‘Schade Arabische boycot verhalen op Wilders,’”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam), March 29, 2008,
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/10187507/Dossiers/De-Fitnas-van-Wilders/Fitna-the-Movie/Schade-Arabische-boycot-verhalen-op-Wilders.htm
; “Bedrijven willen Wilders aansprakelijk stellen,”
Algemeen Dagblad
(Rotterdam), March 31, 2008.

15
Doekle Terpstra, in “Verzetsbeweging tegen Wilders,”
De Telegraaf
(Amsterdam), December 2, 2007,
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2671490/Verzetsbeweging_tegen_Wilders.html?p=14,1
.

16
“Speciale formulieren voor aangifte om Fitna,”
Trouw
(Amsterdam), March 28, 2008,
http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/article1804158.ece
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17
“Ter Horst waarschuwt gemeenten voor Koranfilm,”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam), January 16, 2008,
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/10154338/Dossiers/De-Fitnas-van-Wilders/Reacties-uit-het-buitenland/Ter-Horst-waarschuwt-gemeenten-voor-Koranfilm.htm?long=true
.

18
Henk Hofland, in
Pauw & Witteman,
NPS/VARA, Dutch television channel Nederland 1, Hilversum, the Netherlands, February 29, 2008, available on YouTube, “Henk Hofland wil Wilders dood hebben,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHhwRG3qnT4
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19
“Auto’s in brand bij rellen om Fitna,”
Algemeen Dagblad
(Rotterdam), March 28, 2008,
http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1039/Utrecht/article/detail/357943/2008/03/28/Auto-rsquo-s-in-brand-bij-rellen-om-Fitna. dhtml
; “Moslimorganisaties opgelucht na bekijken Fitna,” NU.nl (Amsterdam), March 28, 2008,
http://www.nu.nl/algemeen/1499824/moslimorganisaties-opgelucht-na-bekijken-fitna.html
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20
Press release by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, “Reactie kabinet op film Wilders,”
Ministerie van Algemene Zaken,
The Hague, the Netherlands, March 27, 2008.

21
“No Justification for Hate Speech or Incitement, Says Secretary-General in Strong Condemnation of ‘Anti-Islamic’ Film,” Statement SG/SM/11483 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations, Secretary-General, March 28, 2008,
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sgsml11483.doc.htm
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22
“EU Presidency Statement on the Release of the Film ‘Fitna,’” Slovenian Presidency of the EU 2008 (Ljubljana), March 28, 2008,
http://www.eu2008.si/en/News_and_Documents/CFSP_Statements/March/0328MZZ_Fitna.html
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23
Patrick Goodenough, “YouTube Warned to Remove Koran Film,” CNS News, July 7, 2008,
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/youtube-warned-remove-koran-film
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24
“HT Indonesia: Dutch Government Must Be Held Accountable over FTTNA,” Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain (London), April 8, 2008.

25
M.J.M. Verhagen, “Kamerbrief betreffende mogelijke uitlevering van het lid Wilders aan Jordanië,” Rijksoverheid/Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (The Hague), July 4, 2008,
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten-en-publicaties/kamerstukken/2010/06/02/kamerbrief-betreffende-mogelijke-uitlevering-van-het-lid-wilders-aan-jordanie.html
.

26
Geert Wilders, “Bevries desnoods de relaties met Jordanië,”
De Volkskrant
(Amsterdam), July 2, 2008.

27
“Imam claimt 55.000 euro om Fitna,”
NRC Handelsblad
(Rotterdam), July 13, 2008,
http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article1935332.ece/Imam_claimt_55.000_euro_om_Fitna
.

28
Janny Groen and Annieke Kranenberg, “Imam vervloekte Van Gogh vóór moord,”
De Volkskrant
(Amsterdam), October 31, 2006,
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686Binnenland/article/detail/788105/2006/10/31/Imam-vervloekte-Van-Gogh-voor-moord.dhtml
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29
“Imam: Vervloeken kanaliseert woede,”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam), October 31, 2006.
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/1098174/Nieuws/Nederland/Imam-Vervloeken-kanaliseert-woede.htm
; “Horen & Zien: Het verhaal achter de foto,”
De Volkskrant
(Amsterdam), October 31, 2006,
http://www.volkskrantcom/animatie/fotospecial/specials/fawaz/horenzien_content.html
.

30
“Wilders not Prosecuted for ‘Fitna’ and Statements,” Openbaar Ministerie Arrondissementsparket Amsterdam (Amsterdam), June 30, 2008,
http://www.om.nl/algemene_onderdelen/uitgebreid_zoeken/@148332/wilders_not/
.

31
Amsterdam Police Chief Bernard Welten, “Korte inleiding Hoofdcommis-saris Welten bij de politie Iftar,” Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 18, 2008, available on the Amsterdam-Amstelland website,
http://www.politie-amsterdam-amstelland.nl/files/downloads/Welten_speech_iftar_18-9-2008.pdf
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32
“Ed van Thijn: ‘Respect politicus nodig,’”
Het Parool
(Amsterdam), November 10, 2008,
http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTERDAM/article/detail/41921/2008/11/10/Ed-van-Thijn-moslimhaat-aan-de-orde-van-de-dag.dhtml
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33
Afshin Ellian, “Rabbae en Van Thijn, blijf weg bij Kristallnacht,”
Elsevier
(Amsterdam), November 11, 2008,
http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Opinie/Afshin-Ellian/211314/Rabbae-en-Van-Thijn,-blijf-weg-bij-Kristallnacht.htm
; “Beroepsballing Mohammed Rabae; Ik ben een middelaar, maar niet als het om principes gaat,”
NRC Handelsblad
(Rotterdam), January 11, 1994,
http://www.nrd.n./redactie/W2/Lab/IRTvervolg/rabbae.html
.

34
Ronald Reagan, “Address to Members of the British Parliament,” Westminster, London, June 8, 1982, available on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library website,
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/60882a.htm
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35
“Lord Ahmed’s Unwelcome Guest,”
Times
(London), April 7, 2005.

36
“£80,000 Reward to ‘Execute’ Rushdie as Knighthood Row Escalates,”
London Evening Standard
(London), June 19, 2007,
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23401048-80000-reward-to-execute-rushdie-as-knighthood-row-escalates.do
.

37
Nazir Ahmed, “Wilders’ Ban Is in Britain’s Best Interests: His Film Encourages Violence from Both Extremist Muslims and Far-right Groups: Despite Abuse and Threats, I Stand by My Actions,”
Guardian
(London), February 13, 2009,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/geert-wilders-extremists-liberty-central
.

38
William McKinley, comment to his personal secretary, George B. Cortelyou, in Cortelyou’s Diary, December 29, 1899, quoted in Jack C. Fisher,
Stolen Glory: The McKinley Assassination
(Alamar Books, 2001), p. 107.

39
Maxime Verhagen, quoted in “Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders vows to defy UK,”
Times
(London), February 11, 2009.

40
“Far-right Dutch MP Refused Entry to UK: Immigration Officials Prevent Geert Wilders Leaving Heathrow Airport to Attend Showing of His Film about ‘Fascist’ Qu‘ran at House of Lords,”
Guardian
(London), February 12, 2009,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam
.

41
David Miliband on BBC television, BBC News (London), February 12, 2009, available on YouTube, “David Miliband on Geert Wilders FITNA,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZRn2Fb-qV8&feature=player_embedded
.

42
“Dutch MP Banned from Entering UK: A Dutch MP Who Called the Koran a ‘Fascist Book’ Says He Still Plans to Travel to the UK Despite Being Banned on Public Security Grounds,” BBC News (London), February 12, 2009,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7882953.stm
.

43
“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,‘” BBC News (London), October 16, 2009,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8308982.stm
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44
Press release by Gerard Batten MEP, “Showing of the Film Fitna Banned by Order of the Conference of Presidents,” European Parliament, Strasbourg, France, December 17, 2008, available here: “As Expected: European Parliament Bans Wilders’ Movie,”
Brussels Journal
(Brussels),
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3694
.

45
“Florida Group Sues Hotel for Cancelling Wilders Event,” Investigative Project on Terorrism, June 22, 2009,
http://www.investigativeproject. org/1302/florida-group-sues-hotel-for-cancelling-wilders-event; Ken White-hoiuse
, “Loews Vanderbilt Kicks out Controversial Brentwood Group,”
Nashville Post,
May 29, 2009,
http://nashvillepost.com/news/2009/5/29/loews_vanderbilt_kicks_out_controversial_brentwood_group
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46
Article 12 of the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure.

47
“LJN: BH0496, Gerechtshof Amsterdam,” Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 21, 2009, available on the de Rechtspraak website,
http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/detailpage.aspx?ljn=BH0496
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