Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
For the radical sects of this religion, it's much more than that. Many of the clerics in the Middle East have stated that as long as there are Jews and Christians in their homelands, or Americans in general, that they will continue to wage their wars against us... seeking out the impure, and the "idolators" and trying to inflict harm or death upon them. These are the same clerics who have publicly stated that Islam can never actually consider itself a 'religion of peace' until they have wiped unbelievers from ALL predominantly Muslim nations, whether by conversion or by more lethal means. These are some of the highest regarded imams in the Middle East saying these horrible things, and they easily find justification for their hatred in the Qu'ran. Here are a few excerpts that illustrate my point:

ix.73: O Prophet Make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites. Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end.

xlvii.4-15: When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield strike off their heads and when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly ....

lx.4: We renounce you (i.e. the idolaters): enmity and hate shall reign between us until you believe in Allah only...

 ii.193: Fight against them until idolatry is no more and Allah's religion reigns supreme.

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As with any religion, words can easily be misconstrued to reflect other (possibly unintended) meanings... but with words like these, it's easy to see why the most radical elements hate us so much. This is what Geert Wilders is so angry about. Perhaps he's simply misinterpreting what he's read from the Qu'ran, but if this is the case, it's easy to understand why.
Yeah sure they are nut jobs some of these clerics, but surely without the western imperialists waging war in Arab homelands there wouldn't be so many disenfranchised young muslims around the world looking to them for guidance.

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
Freedom of speech may not be very popular in many places throughout the Middle East, but in many other places throughout the world, it certainly is important... and for some people, even at the expense of putting their own lives in danger.
No-one has the right to speak freely when there words put other people lives at risk. It's allright when you are a rich politician who can afford security, but for the rest of us who have to travel by train or bus in Holland now, we just have to hope to fuck that if the shit does hit the fan we're not one of the poor bastards standing next to it.

Geert Wilders is a coward, and a shit stirrer.