Hate speech charges widen against Geert Wilders

The hate speech charges against Geert Wilders have been widen to include inciting hatred towards Moroccans and non-Western ethnic minorities.

The hate speech charges against Geert Wilders didn't make sense in the beginning and the lates charges to be tacked on don't make any sense either.

Radio Netherlands

The charges against far-right MP Geert Wilders have been extended to include inciting hatred towards Moroccans and non-Western ethnic minorities, de Volksrant newspaper reports.

Up to now the Freedom Party leader has been charged with inciting hatred against Muslims through his remarks in the media and his anti-Islam film Fitna. Mr Wilders has compared the Qur’an to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and called for it to be banned.

However, the public prosecutor’s office has now decided to widen the charges, based in part on Mr Wilders response in a 2006 interview when asked what he would do if he came to power in the Netherlands: ‘The same day the borders would be closed to all non-Western immigrants.’ Mr Wilders has also expressed this view in parliament.