"Merkel Is Afraid": SPIEGEL Interview with Geert Wilders
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SPIEGEL Interview with Geert Wilders
'Merkel Is Afraid'
In a SPIEGEL interview, Dutch Islam-opponent Geert Wilders discusses his fight for a Koran ban, why German Chancellor Angela Merkel is running scared on the immigration issue and his belief that the Netherlands' debate over Muslims has now crossed the border into Germany.
[Uit de reeks know thy enemy, toch wel aardig om nog eens te lezen, het geruchtmakende Spiegel-interview met dhr. Wilders. Een deugdelijke Nederlandse vertaling heb ik nog niet gezien, maar hierbij in het Engels. In het Duits kan ik 'm daar gek genoeg zo gauw ook niet vinden, wellicht alleen voor abonnees]:
11/09/2010
SPIEGEL Interview with Geert Wilders
'Merkel Is Afraid'
In a SPIEGEL interview, Dutch Islam-opponent Geert Wilders discusses his fight for a Koran ban, why German Chancellor Angela Merkel is running scared on the immigration issue and his belief that the Netherlands' debate over Muslims has now crossed the border into Germany.
... Verder lezen op  http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,727978,00.html .
[De gewraakte 'Mein Kampf & de Koran'-passages, idd. nogal hilarisch als het niet zo triest was]:
... SPIEGEL: You compare the Koran with Hitler's "Mein Kampf." Have you read "Mein Kampf"?
Wilders: Yes, but not in its entirety. The Koran has, in any case, more anti-Jewish passages. In principle, these are concoctions with a totalitarian approach, which allows no room for other opinions. Fascism, communism and Islam adhere to the same principle.
SPIEGEL: Your own principle is apparently this: The more drastic the comparison, the more headlines it generates.
Wilders: I don't need headlines. For me, it's the truth that matters.
SPIEGEL: The truth is that you are dividing Dutch society: Here in The Hague, nearly half of the residents come from immigrant families, and many of them are Muslims. And you are calling for the Koran to be banned?
Wilders: "Mein Kampf" is banned in our country. But the Koran is worse in terms of inciting hatred and violence. If my left-wing friends were consistent, the Koran would have to be banned.
SPIEGEL: Are you familiar with this quote from the Prophet? "But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slay them before me"?
Wilders: I have read many such passages.
SPIEGEL: The Prophet cited in this case was Jesus, from Luke, Chapter 19, Verse 27. Do you admit that there are also calls for violence in the Bible?
Wilders: There are brutal passages in the Old Testament; the New Testament takes a more moderate approach. But a key difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims believe that the Koran contains verbatim the word of God; it is written in the imperative. This precludes a comparison with Christianity. ...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,727978,00.html
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