The opening day of the Geert Wilders trial…

… has been extensively covered at Gates of Vienna. Here is a list of several of the links:

• an interview with law professor Afshin Ellian, one of Wilders’s witnesses, who says: “If you cannot say that Islam is a backward religion and that Muhammad is a criminal, then you are living in an Islamic country, my friend.”

• a translation of a Dutch article about the pro-Wilders demonstration

• an account in the Telegraph

• a list of the witnesses Wilders wilil call, among whom are robert Spencer and Andrew Bostom

• a video of Wllders in Court

• a substitled video of the proceedings

• an account by someone who attended the session

Posted by Lawrence Auster at January 21, 2010 03:43 PM | Send