On 30 October 2010, members of the Dutch Defence League rallied in Amsterdam, together with some English Defence League members, and protested for freedom of speech and in support of Geert Wilders.
Indonesia ordered ISPs to block YouTube in April 2008 after Google reportedly did not respond to the government’s request to remove the film “Fitna” by the Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, which purportedly mocked the Prophet Muhammed.
In March 2008, "Fitnathemovie.com", a website that Dutch politician Geert Wilders had reserved at Network Solutions, was taken offline.
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During the 2010 Cabinet formation, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) charged other parties of plotting a cordon sanitaire; however, there never was any agreement between the other parties on ignoring the PVV.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders tweeted that Moroccans were responsible for the violence in youth football, and the large number of immigrants in Nieuw-West was a factor in discussions after the attack on Nieuwenhuizen.
In 2013 Bjørn Stærk, a columnist in Aftenposten, said that the most controversial contents of the website "are the guest articles. Geert Wilders has had several articles. Julia Caesar had an article about African immigrants' low intelligence. Critics use this as evidence that the editorial board of Document are racists and haters of islam. At the same time there is nothing in the commentaries by the website's permanent writers, which indicate this".
From 2005 until 2008 Staal was prosecuted by the Public Prosecutors' Office for threatening Party for Freedom politician Geert Wilders.
Mark Rutte (VVD) had Edith Schippers MP with him, Maxime Verhagen (CDA) was accompanied by caretaker health minister Ab Klink and Geert Wilders (PVV) chose Barry Madlener MEP.
The film was produced by "NGO Islam and Christianity" in response to Fitna (the title being an Arabic term that means 'disagreement and division among people') by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which made the case that Islamic texts promote violence and intolerance.