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Dutch Court to prosecute anti-Islam "Fitna" film publisher "Messenger of Allah Unites Us" Campaign welcomes decision, promised to pursue lawsuit field against him in Jordan
Geert Wilders
AMMAN- The "Messenger of Allah Unites Us" Campaign welcomed yesterday the decision of the Dutch court to put right-wing politician and MP Geert Wilders on trial for producing anti-Islam film "Fitna". The court's decision restores justice after Dutch courts rejected similar lawsuits seven times before, said President of the campaign Dr. Zakaria al-Sheikh said in a statement. Sheikh, who is also Board Chairman of Fact International Media Group, added that the crime Wilders committed was very dangerous and it sparks hatred amongst followers of heavenly religions. He stressed it is important that the court allows the people who were affected by the MP's crime worldwide to testify to prove the brutal crime the radical legislator committed against Islam and Muslims and humanity at large because the film has dangerous impacts on the world community. Lawyers of the campaign Tareq Hawamdeh and Osama al-Bitar said they will pursue the lawsuits established in Jordan against the Danish caricaturist Kurt Westergaard and the Dutch MP. It is still legal to refer them to courts in their respective countries and in Jordan simultaneously because according to local and international laws, once the film was published on the internet, the offenders can be sued in and outside their own countries. The lawyers praised the Jordanian court as it was the first to establish a lawsuit against Wilders and Westergaard. The Jordanian General Prosecutor Dr. Hassan al-Abdallat subpoenaed the defendants and the lawsuit is still in effect , they added. They stated that they will coordinate with the concerned Dutch legal parties regarding the lawsuit against the legislator. The legal procedures play a significant role in preventing insults of Islam and the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), they said. The "Messenger of Allah Unites US" Campaign on April 21, 2008 filed a lawsuit in Jordan against Wilders. It has also launched a campaign entitled "Live Without It" calling for boycotting the Dutch and Danish products. A Dutch court has ordered prosecutors to put the right-wing politician on trial for producing an anti-Islam film. Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders made a controversial film last year equating Islam with violence and has likened the Quran to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. "In a democratic system, hate speech is considered so serious that it is in the general interest to... draw a clear line," the court in Amsterdam said. The court's three judges said that they had weighed Wilders's "one-sided generalisations" against his right to free speech, and ruled that he had gone beyond the normal leeway granted to politicians. "The Amsterdam appeals court has ordered the prosecution of member of parliament Geert Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination, based on comments by him in various media on Muslims and their beliefs," the court said in a statement. "The court also considers appropriate criminal prosecution for insulting Muslim worshippers because of comparisons between Islam and Nazism made by Wilders," it added.
Source : FI 22.1.2009

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