Geert Wilders cancels “Draw Muhammad” contest amid massive protests, threats of violence
Geert Wilders has cancelled his planned “Draw Muhammad” contest, following death threats and large-scale protests in Pakistan. Wilders stated:
To avoid the risk of victims of Islamic violence, I have decided not to let the cartoon contest go ahead….It’s not just about me…. Opponents of the event see not only me, but the entire Netherlands as a target.
10,000 Muslims rallied in Pakistan, chanting “we will die for the Prophet” over Wilders’ contest, while Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, Imran Khan, announced that he was going to the UN to stop all Muhammad cartoon contests, including Wilders’ contest. “Khan vowed to take the matter [of blasphemy] to the United Nations, saying that few in the West understand the pain caused to Muslims by such activities.”
As Islamic supremacists become more emboldened, they also become more aggressive. 10,000 enraged Muslims chanting in Pakistan about an event that is supposedly insulting to Islam taking place in their own country is one thing, but they did it over an event in the Netherlands.
In Islamic doctrine, it is considered “Islamophobic” to insult Muhammad or Islam. No one is allowed to do it, wherever they are. It is not tolerated. If such blasphemy laws take root globally, it will herald the ultimate victory of the House of Islam over the House of War — and the House of Islam is gaining in long strides. Freedom of speech (and expression) is the cornerstone of a free society; this includes freedom to offend. If Islamic states choose to live by Sharia, it is their business, but Islamic supremacists have spread this Sharia doctrine all over the West via the “Islamophobia” canard, with aid from their socialist-leftist enablers.
Prime minister Mark Rutte last week questioned Wilders’ motives. “His aim is not to have a debate about Islam,” he said. “His aim is to be provocative.
One wonders where Rutte has been hiding out. Debates, conversations, questions, facts about Islam are vehemently opposed by Muslim Brotherhood operatives in Western countries, as well as by Islamic supremacists internationally. To discuss and point out the abuses committed in the name of Islam is deemed to be “Islamophobic,” “racist,” and the like, and is increasingly followed by punitive action.
“Far-right Dutch MP cancels Muhammad cartoon competition,” Associated Press, August 30, 2018:
Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders has cancelled a planned contest inviting people to submit a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad following death threats and large-scale protests in Pakistan.“To avoid the risk of victims of Islamic violence, I have decided not to let the cartoon contest go ahead,” the far-right opposition politician said in a written statement on Thursday night.Wilders, who for years has lived under round-the-clock protection because of death threats sparked by his fierce anti-Islam rhetoric, said he does not want others put in danger by the contest he planned for November.News of the competition sparked angry protests in Pakistan and an alleged death threat against Wilders this week from a 26-year-old man, reportedly a Pakistani, who was arrested on Tuesday in The Hague.Physical depictions of the prophet are forbidden in Islam and are deeply offensive to Muslims.“It’s not just about me,” Wilders said in the statement. Opponents of the event “see not only me, but the entire Netherlands as a target”.The contest was to have been held at the tightly guarded offices of his Party for Freedom in the Dutch parliament building. The Dutch government had been at pains to distance itself from the contest.Prime minister Mark Rutte last week questioned Wilders’ motives. “His aim is not to have a debate about Islam,” he said. “His aim is to be provocative.”However, Rutte added that people in the Netherlands have far-reaching freedom of speech rights and the government did not intend to seek the contest’s cancellation….
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