4/2/10
A Dutch court has agreed to hear a case against a far-right politician accused of inciting racial hatred and discrimination against Muslims. The court overruled objections by Geert Wilders that it did not have jurisdiction to hear his case, in which he cited parliamentary privilege. “Parliamentary immunity does not extend to what a public representative says or writes outside of parliamentary gatherings,” Jan Moors, judge at the Amsterdam court, said on Wednesday. The 46-year-old politician faces five counts of religious insult and anti-Muslim incitement for describing Islam as a fascist religion and calling for the banning of the Quran, which he has likened to Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/02/201023181713918592.html
Tags: Holland; Religion