Bowing to intolerance

The Wilders judgement passed by the court in Amsterdam is incomprehensible, writes the Belgian daily De Standaard: "This decision in the Netherlands threatens to further encourage the already huge degree of self-censorship there is as regards Islam. It looks worryingly like a gesture of submission to a religion that does not hesitate to use violence. Making Christians and Jews look ridiculous is as safe as can be. The worst that can happen is a letter of protest or a protest mail. But the world has already seen what hysterical demonstrations and violence the publishing of a few Muhammad cartoons in a Danish paper unleashed. And only look how many Europeans are having to go underground because they were disrespectful towards Islam, from a Swedish cartoonist to a French professor of philosophy. ... That a judge has now joined in this collective bow to intolerance is an alarming sign for the rest of Europe."

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