Jonathan Kay: Geert Wilders heeft een probleem met de islam (en)

Met dank overgenomen van G. (Geert) Wilders i, gepubliceerd op maandag 9 mei 2011.

As an editor at the National Post, I often rely on three letters to protect my columnists from human-rights tribunals: I-S-M — these being the difference between spelling Islam and Islamism.

The former is a religion — like Christianity or Judaism. The latter is an ideology, which seeks to impose an intolerant fundamentalist version of Islam on all Muslims, and spread the faith throughout the world. Declaring Islamism a menace isn’t controversial. Declaring Islam a menace is considered hate speech.

Read the full interview at the National Post in Canada: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/05/08/jonathan-kay-no-distinction-between-islam-and-islamism-for-geert-wilders/ 

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