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Geert Wilders (IPA: ['xe:rt 'ʋildərs], ['ɣe:ʁt 'ʋildəʁs]; born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician. He has been a member of the Dutch Parliament since 1998, first for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and from 2006 on the Party for Freedom, a party which he founded and of which he is the political leader. There are several terms used in Dutch politics which are not easily translated into English. ... This article is about the Party of Freedom previously known as Group Wilders. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Open seat redirects here. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Venlo ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. ... The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. ... This article is about the Party of Freedom previously known as Group Wilders. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box: A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Cineaste is a film magazine published quarterly. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box: A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Party of Freedom previously known as Group Wilders. ...

Early life and career

Wilders was born in Venlo, Netherlands in the province of Limburg, where he was raised a Roman Catholic. He received his secondary education at the Mavo and Havo of the "R.K. St. Thomas College" in Venlo. He followed a health insurance course at the "Stichting Opleiding Sociale Verzekeringen" in Amsterdam and gained several Law certificates at the Dutch Open University. His father was a manager for the printing and copying manufacturing company Océ.^[1] Venlo ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. ... Capital Maastricht Queens Commissioner L.J.P.M. (Leon) Frissen (governor) Religion (1999) Roman Catholic 80% Protestant 3% Area â€¢ Land â€¢ Water 2,153 kmÂ² (9th) 56 kmÂ² Population (2006) â€¢ Total â€¢ Density 1,131,938 (6th) 526/kmÂ² (4th) Inclusion 1839 Anthem In t Bronsgroen Eikenhout ISO NL-LI Official... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The different levels of education in the Netherlands Education in the Netherlands is characterized by division: education is oriented toward the needs and background of the pupil. ... Venlo ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. ... The term health insurance is generally used to describe a form of insurance that pays for medical expenses. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... A certificate is an official document affirming some fact. ... Affiliations Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Website http://www. ... For Open Collaboration Environment (OCE), see Apple Open Collaboration Environment. ...

After working in the health insurance industry, Wilders became a parliamentary assistant to Frits Bolkestein in 1990, in that time keeping up a heavy travel schedule, including a visit to Tehran, Iran.^{[citation needed]} Frits Bolkestein Frederik Bolkestein (born 4 April 1933 in Amsterdam; usually known as ) is a Dutch politician and former EU Commissioner. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ...

In 1997, Wilders was elected for the VVD to the municipal council of Utrecht, the fourth largest city of the Netherlands. A year later, he was elected to the national parliament.^{[citation needed]} For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Utrecht ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ...

Political career

In September 2004, Wilders left the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD in Dutch), having been a member since 1989, to form his own political party, Groep Wilders, later renamed Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV or Party for Freedom).^[3] He left the liberal party, over a dispute within the VVD in late August 2004 about, among other things, his refusal to endorse the party's position that EU-accession negotiations must be started with Turkey. Geert Wilders has been in the Tweede Kamer since 1998. For other uses, see September (disambiguation). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) is a Dutch liberal political party. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Group Wilders (Groep Wilders) is a right-wing conservative Dutch political group that was started in August 2004 after Geert Wilders left the Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (a liberal party) after a disagreement about the political direction. ... The Group Wilders (Groep Wilders) is a right-wing conservative Dutch political group that was started in August 2004 after Geert Wilders left the Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (a liberal party) after a disagreement about the political direction. ... The Tweede Kamer (second chamber) is the lower house of the Staten-Generaal, the parliament in the Netherlands. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

His party program states that Wilders' party is committed to "freedom of the individual"; Wilders believes that the Netherlands has been held hostage by elitist (mostly social democrat and left-wing liberal) politicians for decades. He claims to want to give it "back to the people", and in this respect he has been labeled a populist by the establishment. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... Elitism is a belief or attitude that an elite â€” a selected group of persons whose personal abilities, specialized training or other attributes place them at the top of any field (see below) â€” are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken most seriously, or who are alone... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Leftism can refer to: Left-wing politics An album by Leftfield ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the...

His political views (and so the ones of the PVV as well) often overlap those of the murdered Rotterdam politician Pim Fortuyn and his List Pim Fortuyn. There are strong resemblances, certainly on socio-economic issues, to libertarianism. Wilders wants to lower taxes, cut most welfare programs, raise highway speed limits and minimize state regulations by making it mandatory to scrap two legal rules for every new one to be instated. He also wants to reintroduce the mandatory army service. On the crime issue, he has supported a U.S.-style three strikes law with mandatory life sentences after three separate acts of violent crime.^[4] Wilhelmus Simon Petrus (Pim) Fortuyn (pronounced , (February 19, 1948 â€“ May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismatic[1] populistic right-wing politician in the Netherlands who formed his own party Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn or LPF). ... Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn) is a political party in the Netherlands. ... This article is about the political philosophy based on private property rights. ... This article is about financial assistance paid by government organizations. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Three strikes laws are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which require the state courts to hand down a mandatory and extended period of incarceration to persons who have been convicted of a serious criminal offense on three or more separate occasions. ... A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens violent force upon the victim. ...

In polls released following the assassination of Theo van Gogh, it was estimated that Wilders' party could win as many as 29 (out of 150) seats in the Dutch parliament. With the uproar over the killing of Van Gogh subsiding, this number declined to a low of one in October 2005. In February 2006, after the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, it rose again to three seats. Assassin and Assassins redirect here. ... Theo van Gogh (IPA: ) (July 23, 1957â€“November 2, 2004) was a Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor. ... The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after twelve editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005. ...

A few weeks after the assassination, Geert Wilders stayed away from regular meetings in parliament for several weeks. Even though a member's presence is not mandatory, it is uncommon not to show up for weeks on end. Wilders claims that he did this out of concern for his personal security. Having been assigned a new seating position in the parliamentary meeting hall (one further away from the public observation area), he has once again started to attend meetings.

Wilders is under constant security protection because of frequent threats to his life.^[5] On 10 November 2004, two suspected terrorists were captured after an hour-long siege of a building in The Hague. They had three grenades and have been accused of planning to murder Geert Wilders as well as then fellow MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali.^[6] The men in question were presumed members of what the Dutch intelligence agency, the AIVD, has termed the Hofstadgroep. In September 2007, a Dutch woman was sentenced a 1-year prison term for sending out more than 100 threatening emails to Wilders.^[7] is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hague redirects here. ... Grenade redirects here. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MA ( ; Somali: ; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969[2] in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. ... Logo of the Netherlands Algemene Inlichtingen-en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) / General Intelligence and Security Service Algemene Inlichtingen-en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD), formerly known as the BVD (Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst) is the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands. ... The Hofstad Network (in Dutch: Hofstadnetwerk or Hofstadgroep) is a suspected Islamist terrorist cell of mostly young Dutch Muslims of mainly North African ancestry. ... September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ...

In recent interviews, Geert Wilders more than once indicated that the Dutch constitution and European Convention on Human Rights should be amended or temporarily suspended to protect citizens from "Islamic extremism". He is in favor of stripping criminals with dual nationality of their Dutch citizenship and deporting them to their country of origin.^[4] The present constitution of the Netherlands dates back to 1815. ... â€œECHRâ€ redirects here. ... For other uses, see State of emergency (disambiguation). ... Multiple citizenship is simultaneous citizenship in two or more countries (whether it is recognized by all countries or not). ...

In response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Wilders posted the cartoons on his website (1 February 2006), purportedly in support of the Danish cartoonists and freedom of speech. Following his publication, Wilders stated he had received more than 40 death threats in just two days. The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after twelve editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ... This article is about the general concept. ...

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The Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reported in May 2007 that Geert Wilders had been shadowed by the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service for years, when he was foreign affairs spokesman for the VVD. During that time, Wilders had been regularly meeting officials at the Israeli Embassy in The Hague.^[8] Sources in the security service said that the agency was surveilling conversations between Wilders and Israeli personnel.^[9] The security services denied the allegations, insisting it had never shadowed or eavesdropped on Wilders.^[10] Logo of the Netherlands Algemene Inlichtingen-en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) / General Intelligence and Security Service Algemene Inlichtingen-en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD), formerly known as the BVD (Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst) is the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands. ...

On 15 December 2007, Wilders was declared politician of the year by NOS-radio, a mainstream Dutch radio station. The parliamentary press praised his ability to dominate political discussion and to attract the debate and to get into publicity with his well-timed one-liners.^[11] The editors eventually gave the title to Wilders because he was the only one who scored high both among the press as well as the general public.^[12]^[13] is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS, Dutch Broadcasting Foundation) is one of the Dutch broadcasters in the Dutch public broadcasting system, Publieke Omroep. ...

In response to Wilders' outspoken statements, a countermovement was organized in December 2007 with the stated aim to "stop evil".^[14] Countermovement in sociology means a social movement opposed to another social movement. ...

Political views

Geert Wilders favors the restriction of immigration to the Netherlands, particularly from non-Western countries. For this articles equivalent regarding the East, see Eastern culture. ...

He recently made a movie Fitna which offers his view on Islam and the Qur'an. As self-proclaimed defender of free speech and critic of Islam, he has sought to ban the Qur'an in the Netherlands^[15] because he believes it to be in conflict with Dutch law.^[16] For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... The Qurâ€™Än [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... (Arguments critical to religion in general, or specific to Monotheism, such as the Existence of God, not dealt with here. ...

Israel

In the past twenty five years Geert Wilders has visited Israel about forty times^[17], where he has, according to his own sayings, met Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert personally. ^[17]He claims to have tight connections with the Mossad.^[18]^[17] (Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×Ö¸×¨Ö´×™×§) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ... Ehud Olmert (IPA ; Hebrew:××”×•×“ ××•×œ×ž×¨×˜; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. ... For the Haganah branch responsible for coordinating Jewish immigration into the British Mandate of Palestine, see Mossad Lealiyah Bet. ...

Originally, Wilders wanted to move to the Jewish state because he thought one could, as opposed to the Netherlands, 'work for your own money'.^[17] Wilders worked in bread factories and a moshav.^[19] With the money he earned, he traveled through Israel and some near countries. He started to love Israel, or as he states it in his own words in 2003: "The past years I have visited many interesting countries, from Tunisia to Turkey and from Cyprus to Iran, but nowhere I have that special feeling of solidarity that I always get if I set foot on the Israeli Ben Gurion Airport." ^[17] Moshav (Hebrew: ×ž×•×©×‘ Translit. ...

Wilders has, in the eight years he has served in the Dutch Parliament, always supported Israel and attacked countries he perceives as enemies of Israel.^[17] The Estates-General (Staten-Generaal) is the parliament of the Netherlands. ...

Furthermore, Wilders has made some proposals in the Dutch Parliament inspired by Israel. For example, in 2005 Wilders proposed implementing Israel's administrative detention in the Netherlands, a practice heavily criticized by human rights group Amnesty International. Also, at the time Wilders was member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, he had an employee who directly came from the Israeli Embassy. ^[17] Administrative detention is a military term used in Israel to refer to political prisoners â€”people held as criminals while not actually being charged. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amnesty international Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience...

Islam

Referring to the increased population of Muslims in the Netherlands, Wilders has said: The Dutch Islamic population is very diverse. ...

Later, Wilders suggested that Muslims should “tear out half of the Koran if they wished to stay in the Netherlands” because it contained 'terrible things' and that Muhammad would “in these days be hunted down as a terrorist”. These statements caused strong reactions in Muslim countries such as Tunisia, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia.^[21]^[22] Muhammad in a new genre of Islamic calligraphy started in the 17th century by Hafiz Osman. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

On 8 August 2007, Wilders opined in a letter^[23] to the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that the Koran, which he called a "fascist book", should be outlawed in the Netherlands, like Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.^[24] He stated that: "The book incites hatred and killing and therefore has no place in our legal order."^[25] is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... De Volkskrant (literally peoples paper) is a national daily Dutch morning newspaper. ... The Quran (Arabic al-qurʾān أَلْقُرآن; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle) is a book by the German-Austrian politician Adolf Hitler, which combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers National Socialist political ideology. ...

On 15 August 2007, a representative of the Prosecutors' Office in Amsterdam declared that "dozens of reports" against Wilders had been filed, and that they were all being considered.^[26] Due to this position on Islam, the Dutch-Morrocan rapper Appa, when interviewed about Wilders for a newspaper, said “if someone were to put a bullet in his head, I wouldn't mind”.^[27] Wilders charged him with threatening with death. Appa denied this, saying that he wouldn't care (if it happened), accusing Wilders of harboring the same attitude towards Muslims.^{[citation needed]} is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Building in the Hague The Ministry of Justice (Ministerie van Justitie; Jus) is the Dutch ministry of justice. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Morocco (disambiguation). ... Rap redirects here. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Fitna

Fitna is a 2008 short film by Geert Wilders that explores Qur'anic motivations for terrorism, Islamic universalism, and Islam in the Netherlands. The film's title comes from the Arabic word fitna which is used to describe "disagreement and division among people", or a "test of faith in times of trial".^[28] It is the subject of an international controversy and debate on the limits of free speech. Early American actor William Garwood starred in numerous short films, many of which were only 20 minutes in length Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. ... The Qurâ€™Än [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... This article is about Universalism in religion and theology. ... The Dutch Islamic population is very diverse. ... Arabic redirects here. ... This article is about the general concept. ...

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