- Friday, May 10, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
GEERT WILDERS, the politician from the Netherlands who backed Nupur Sharma, a now-suspended leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over her controversial remarks made on Prophet Muhammad on a television show last month, has received many death threats for doing the same. He said he received the threats from Muslims.
In a tweet, the 58-year-old leader of the Party for Freedom who slammed those countries that condemned Sharma and said she spoke the truth, tweeted, “I receive many death threats now from Muslims who want to kill me for supporting Nupur Sharma who spoke the truth and nothing but the truth about Muhammad and Aisha.”
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I receive many death threats now from Muslims who want to kill me for supporting #NupurSharma who spoke the truth and nothing but the truth about Muhammad and Aisha.
My message to them is: go to hell. You have no morals. We stand for the truth. We stand for freedom.
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 8, 2022
Wilders put up a brave face against the threats saying, “My message to them is: go to hell. You have no morals. We stand for the truth. We stand for freedom.”
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Wilders, who is known for harbouring far-right views on Islam and other issues, recently asked Indians to rally behind Sharma who was suspended as the controversy triggered into diplomatic rows. He also called her “heroic”.
“The whole Indian nation should rally around #nupursharma now and support her. Al Qaida and the Taliban put me on their hitlist years ago. One lesson: never bow for terrorists. Never!” Wilders also said in his tweet.
I receive many death threats now from Muslims who want to kill me for supporting #NupurSharma who spoke the truth and nothing but the truth about Muhammad and Aisha.
My message to them is: go to hell. You have no morals. We stand for the truth. We stand for freedom.
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 8, 2022
“It is ridiculous that Arab and Islamic countries are angered by Indian politician Nupur Sharma for speaking the truth about the Prophet who indeed married Aisha when she was six years old and consumed the marriage when she was nine,” Wilders had earlier said in a tweet supporting the BJP leader.
In another post, he said, “Appeasement never works. It will only make things worse. So, my dear friends from India, don’t be intimidated by Islamic countries. Stand up for freedom and be proud and steadfast in defending your politician Nupur Sharma who spoke the truth about Muhammad.”
Don’t listen to the hypocrites. Islamic nations have no democracy, no rule of law, no freedom. They persecute minorities and disrespect human rights like no one else.
THEY should be criticized!
The ideology of #Muhammad is offensive and abusive, not the heroic #NupurSharma!
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 7, 2022
According to a report by The Times of India, Wilders had said that he has been living in protected environments ever since getting death threats after making a documentary on the Quran, almost two decades ago.
He has also been criticised for his views on the Quran and the Prophet. He has also sought a ban on the Quran in the Netherlands. The lawmaker has also spoken in favour of stopping Muslim migrants from entering Europe and the Netherlands.