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In a right-wing demonstration that took place in Rotterdam’s central station on Saturday, Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician, made discriminating remarks about Morocco, reports AFP.
«We live here, not in Morocco, we don't live in Turkey or in Saudi Arabia, but in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands», said the founder and the current leader of the Party for Freedom while protesting alongside 700 people denouncing «discrimination against ordinary Dutch citizens in favor of immigrants and Muslims».
«Here it's our rules that count. I want to tell you that the Netherlands is not an Islamic country, do you agree?» he shouted in a megaphone after leaving the crowd, heading to his car.
This is not the first time that the left-wing politician speaks about Muslims and most precisely Moroccans in such a way. Known for his anti-Islam statements, Wilders is currently appealing a 2016 conviction for discriminating against Moroccans while campaigning for his election in 2014.
For the record, Wilders told the crowds in 2014 that «the Hague should be a city with fewer problems, if possible, fewer Moroccans». He then asked his followers whether they want more of fewer Moroccans in the city and they chanted repeating «fewer, fewer, fewer».
He was found guilty on the 9th of December 2016 and the court ruled indicating that : «partly in view of the inflammatory nature and manner of these statements, others were herby incited to discriminate against persons of Moroccan origin».
Right after the ruling was issued, the politician appealed arguing that «Moroccans are not a race and people who say something about Moroccans are not racist. I am not racist and neither are my voters».
