It’s illegal to insult Islam in the Netherlands now? When did the Netherlands adopt Sharia?
“Anti-Islam group Pegida attempts to burn Koran in Rotterdam; Leader arrested,” NL Times, October 23, 2022:
The anti-Islam group Pegida announced it would burn a Koran near Rotterdam Central Station on Saturday, amid outcry from Muslim counter-protesters. However, the police arrested the group’s leader and confiscated the Koran before the demonstration was under completely underway, according to Rijnmond.
Edwin Wagensveld, Pegida’s foreman, could be heard insulting Islam and the prophet Muhammad during his arrest. He was arrested for “insulting the faith,” according to Rijnmond….
Pegida announced beforehand that it would burn a Koran on the Stationsplein, which Rotterdam’s deputy mayor Robert Simons said was not allowed….
It is unclear how many Pegida protesters were at the event. There were many counter-protesters, who set off a yellow smoke bomb, threw eggs, set off fireworks and chanted “Allahu Akbar,” according to Rijnmond. The counter-protesters cheered when the police announced they had taken the Koran and that it would not be burned.
somehistory says
guessing no egg throwers or those setting off smoke bombs and fire works were arrested.
At the very least, he was able to speak truthfully while being taken away.
One more government bites the dust, giving in to satan and his human children. “insulting ***the*** faith.”
That means that islam is now “the” approved religion of the Netherlands…who previously seemed to be growing a spine. islam is not “faith,”…it is a demonic cult built on the evil, bullying, forcing and demanding worship of satan the devil.
joanofark06 says
Agree wholeheartedly…islam is all that, for sure!
Mark Spahn says
“Edwin Wagensveld, Pegida’s foreman, could be heard insulting Islam and the prophet [sic] Muhammad during his arrest.”
What kind of reporting is this? In what way did Wagensveld insult Muhammad? Did he call Mo (pbuh) a “Rafidite dog”? Something is missing from the journalistic 5 W’s of “who, what, when, why, where”. And how is insulting an alleged prophet a violation of Dutch law?
david1508 says
So what charge is he arrested on?
PRCS says
“So what charge is he arrested on?”
“He was arrested for “insulting the faith,” according to Rijnmond….”
1. Does that actually violate an existing Dutch law?
2. If such a law does exist, why does it exist?
RedBee says
Unfortunately such a law actually exists: “de wet op de smadelijke godslastering”.
However the police cannot arrest you on this basis because it is a “complaint delict” like, for example, are the laws against slander/defamation.
Also it is a law that is not used anymore. The last time it was used was in the 1950; a writer, W.F. Hermans, was very insulting to the Catholics. The Catholic complainers lost the case and since then it is considered a “dead law”.
I don’t know what Wagensveld said but he cannot possibly have topped Hermans LOL
david1508 says
Well, I hope he gets a good lawyer and sues the police for false arrest because they had no legal base to arrest him on.
kq6kq6kq6 says
It is unclear how many Pegida protesters were at the event.”
I just want to say that even though I wasn’t with them in person, I was with them in spirit. Is there anyway I can join such a group?
clem.alford@talk21.com says
Yet again the authorities siding with the religion of peace. The more this happens the more giving an inch and the Islamists taking a mile will occur and the freedom to discuss and expose what Islam really is will be curtailed.
clem.alford@talk21.com says
Yet again the authorities siding with the religion of peace. The more this happens the more giving an inch and the Islamists taking a mile will occur and the freedom to discuss and expose what Islam really is will be curtailed.
alexreid says
May get him for lighting a fire.. Next time, simply stand at a Litter Bin & slowly tear pages out of a Quran which you purchased & drop them into the Bin.
If it goes to Trial as the Accused’s Evidence, go through the falsehoods, inaccuracies, errors etc. Show the court, jury & the Press what Islam really means.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Netherlands needs to follow the example of Sweden and vote for Wilders’ party the next time around. Slowly, this anti-jihad/islam wave is taking over
RedBee says
This has not been in the Dutch leading newspapers or I would have known. Also the mayor of Rotterdam is a muslim, Achmed Aboutaleb, who has allowed muslims to prevent a pegida demontration by using violence, rioting, before.
Scotsman48 says
I remember when The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, were truly wonderful Cities that I visited often when I lived in Germany during the 1970s, and now today I see a muslim Mayor in Rotterdam that wants his religion to be the religion of the country and most certainly the City of Rotterdam.
Belgium right next door has a political party known as The Islam Party and they openly, on the streets of Brussels, claim that when they get the power Belgium will become an islamic Nation and that sharia will be the Law of the land for everybody.
Im a European, though live far far away from it, however it sadness me to see my beautiful European culture, and countries, be taken over by such backward bottom feeding morons full of hate for anybody that does want to follow this Fascist Religious Cult and yet it appears that European Liberals are the very people who welcome this garbage into their homes…. It truly makes no sense whatsoever…
Common sense just aint common anymore.