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| − | '''Geert Wilders''' (born September 6, 1963<ref name="Wilders"> http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=110</ref>) is a [[conservative]] Dutch politician. He has been a member of the Dutch parliament since 1998. He is well-known for his struggle against multi-culturalism and for free speech in the Netherlands. Lately his efforts to broadcast his movie ''Fitna'', which is critical of Islam, have been opposed by many Dutch politicians and even the United Nations Secretary General, who in calling for the film to be censored, nevertheless stated "the right of freedom of expression is not at stake here." <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2844232220080328?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true</ref> | + | '''Geert Wilders''' (born September 6, 1963<ref name="Wilders"> http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=110</ref>) is a [[Nazi|conservative]] Dutch politician. He has been a member of the Dutch parliament since 1998. He is well-known for his struggle against [[multi-culturalism]] and for [[free speech]] in the Netherlands. Lately his efforts to broadcast his movie ''[[Fitna]]'', which is critical of [[Islam]], have been opposed by many Dutch politicians and even the United Nations Secretary General, who in calling for the film to be censored, nevertheless stated "the right of freedom of expression is not at stake here." <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2844232220080328?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true</ref> |
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Geert Wilders (born September 6, 1963[1]) is a conservative Dutch politician. He has been a member of the Dutch parliament since 1998. He is well-known for his struggle against multi-culturalism and for free speech in the Netherlands. Lately his efforts to broadcast his movie Fitna, which is critical of Islam, have been opposed by many Dutch politicians and even the United Nations Secretary General, who in calling for the film to be censored, nevertheless stated "the right of freedom of expression is not at stake here." [2]
Biography
Geert Wilders was born in Venlo, Limburg. He was raised as a Catholic. His political career started in 1990. In that year he became an assistant of Frits Bolkestein, leader of the conservative liberal party VVD. In 1998 he was elected as a member of the parliament.