Criticising Islam is OK- an European Court declares!

[ex-muslim Ahmed]

Dutch News: MP Geert Wilders has been cleared of charges of inciting hatred and discrimination by a court in Amsterdam.
The court ruled that some of Wilders’ statements were insulting, shocking and on the edge of legal acceptibility, but that they were made in the broad context of a political and social debate on the multi-cultural society.
The chief judge took some 20 minutes to dismiss the charges one by one, speaking in clear, non-legal language. There was applause from the public gallery when he had finished his statement.
The public prosecution department earlier joined Wilders’ legal team in calling for a not-guilty verdict, saying certain statements by the PVV party leader were insulting, but not criminal.
The department was forced to take the case by the high court after anti-racism campaigners protested at its refusal to prosecute Wilders.
The case began on October 4 last year, but collapsed after three weeks when a special legal panel ruled the judges may have shown partiality following a string of legal blunders. New judges were then sworn in and the case was heard again this year.

 

[ex-muslim Ahmed]

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has been acquitted of all charges in his hate speech trial in Amsterdam.
Judges found that the populist politician's comments comparing Islam to Nazism might be offensive, but they fell within the scope of protected speech.
"This is a precedent-setting case that now allows people to feel like they can say more than they felt they could say before," said John Tyler, political editor at Radio Netherlands.
"The acquittal of Geert Wilders has big implications for free speech in the Netherlands."
Supporters of Geert Wilders erupted into applause when the verdict was read out.
In a mere 20 minutes, judges dismissed all charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.



BBC