Emeljük a magasba az igazság és szabadság zászlaját

Note: this is a Hungarian version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here yesterday. The translation was originally published at Dzsihádfigyelő.

Geert Wilders: Emeljük a magasba az igazság és szabadság zászlaját

Kilenc évvel ezelőtt, 2004 novemberében golyóálló mellényt és gépfegyvert viselő rendőrök jelentek meg a házamnál azért, hogy biztonságos helyre szállítsanak.

Ez két nappal azután történt, hogy Theo van Gogh iszlám—kritikus filmrendezőt egy iszlám orvgyilkos Amszterdam utcáján fényes nappal megölte. A rendőrség azért vitt biztonságos helyre, mert iszlám bűnözők azzal fenyegetőztek, hogy engem is megölnek. Mert én is kimondtam az igazságot az iszlámról, amely a legnagyobb veszélyt jelenti a szabadságunkra és a civilizációnkra.

Attól a kilenc évvel ezelőtti ominózus naptól fogva állandó rendőri védelem alatt állok. Számos laktanyában, börtönben és búvóhelyen megfordultam. A fenyegetettség a mai napig fennáll, és ez megfoszt engem a magánéletemtől és a szabadságomtól.

De nem fogok elhallgatni. Szaúd-Arábia zászlaja büszkén hirdeti a shahadát vagyis az iszlám hitvallást: „Nincs más isten, csak Allah, és Mohamed Allah Küldötte.”

Az elmúlt kilenc évre emlékezve, a több ezer áldozat emlékére, akiket ebben az időszakban az iszlám gyilkosok Londonban, Moszkvában, Mumbai-ban, Nairobiban, és számtalan más helyen meggyilkoltak, és arra a több millió emberre emlékezve – nőkre, hitehagyókra, nem-muszlimokra —, akik a gonosz iszlám ideológia és elnyomó iszlám sária törvények következtében napi szinten szenvednek hátrányos megkülönböztetést és megaláztatást, az iszlám világnak egy új zászlót ajánlok – az igazság és szabadság kinyilatkoztatásának zászlaját, mely így hangzik: „Az iszlám egy hazugság, Mohamed egy bűnöző, a Korán méreg.”

Majd ha az iszlám világ elismeri ezt az igazságot, akkor lesz csak képes arra, hogy megszabaduljon a rossztól, így minden ember számára jobb és biztonságosabb hellyé téve a világot.

Csak ha a szabad világ rájön, hogy az iszlám elsősorban egy totalitárius ideológia, mintsem vallás, csak akkor lesz képes megvédeni a szabadságjogait és értékeit.

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Nostakaamme Totuuden ja Vapauden lippu

Note: this is a Finnish version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here yesterday. The translation was originally published at Ibn Matti.

Geert Wilders on Hollannin PVV-puolueen (Partij voor de Vrijheid, Vapauspuolue) puheenjohtaja. Tähän kuuhun sattuvan tärkeän vuosipäivän kunniaksi Wilder on ottanut tehtäväkseen kunnianhimoisen projektin, jota hän selostaa alla.

Nostakaamme Totuuden ja Vapauden lippu
Geert Wilders

Tässä kuussa yhdeksän vuotta sitten, marraskuussa 2004, luotiliiveihin pukeutuneet ja konetuliasein aseistautuneet poliisit noutivat minut kotoani viedäkseen minut turvapaikkaan. Tämä tapahtui kaksi päivää sen jälkeen, kun elokuvantekijä ja islam-kriitikko Theo van Gogh murhattiin islamistin hyökkäyksessä keskellä kirkasta päivää Amsterdamilaisella kadulla. Poliisi vei minut turvaan, koska islamistikriminaalit olivat uhanneet tappaa minutkin. Syynä oli se, että minäkin kerroin totuuden islamista, joka on suurin uhka vapaudellemme ja sivilisaatiollemme.

Tuosta pahaenteisestä päivästä lähtien, yhdeksän vuotta sitten, olen joutunut elämään jatkuvassa poliisivartioinnissa. Olen asunut armeijan parakeissa, vankiloissa ja turvataloissa. Uhkailut ovat jatkuneet tähän päivään asti, ja ne ovat riistäneet minulta yksityisyyteni ja vapauteni.

Mutta minä aion jatkaa puhumista. Saudi-Arabian lippu julistaa ylpeästi shahadaa eli islamilaista uskontunnustusta: “Ei ole muuta jumalaa kuin Allah, ja Muhammad on Hänen lähettiläänsä.”

Viimeisten yhdeksän vuoden muistoksi, kaikkien sinä aikana murhattujen islamilaisten salamurhien uhrien muistoksi Lontoossa, Moskovassa, Mumbaissa ja Nairobissa ja lukuisissa muissa paikoissa, ja niiden miljoonien ihmisten muistoksi – naisten, uskonluopioiden, toisuskoisten – jotka päivittäin kärsivät syrjinnästä ja nöyryytyksestä islamin ideologian pahuuden ja islamin painostavan sharia-lain vuoksi, ehdotan islamilaiselle maailmalle uutta lippua – lippua, joka kantaa totuuden ja vapauden julistusta: “Islam on valhe, Muhammad on rikollinen, Koraani on myrkkyä.”

Ainoastaan silloin, kun islamilainen maailma ymmärtää tämän totuuden, se pystyy vapauttamaan itsensä pahuudesta, tehden maailmasta paremman ja turvallisemman paikan kaikille ihmisille.

Ainoastaan silloin, kun vapaa maailma ymmärtää, että islam on ennemin totalitaristinen ideologia kuin uskonto, se on kykenevä puolustamaan vapauksiaan ja arvojaan.

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By All Accounts

As all our readers know — except for those who just arrived here yesterday for the first time to read Geert Wilders’ article — last week was our Autumn 2013 fundraiser. Our blegs are a quarterly occasion in which we pester you every day for a week for nickels and dimes to keep Gates of Vienna going.

As promised, this is the wrap-up post for the fundraiser, which was delayed for a day by Mr. Wilders’ redesign of the Saudi flag. The accompanying article had to be translated into multiple languages, which is a time-consuming process to coordinate, absorbing all of my Sunday (and then some — I expect more languages in due course).

A fundraiser is definitely an educational experience — you can bank on it. Not only do I learn how few hours of sleep a man can get by on every night (hint: very few), but I hear a lot of stories and opinions as I correspond with readers and donors.

Below are two very different email responses that will serve to bookend the week’s exchanges. The first one is from a young Canadian woman who goes by “Der Kanadier” when she comments on our blog. She is still at university, so it’s inspiring to receive a gift from her, given how strapped for cash a college student must be.

This is what she said in her email, which is republished here with her permission:

It’s funny that today’s fundraising story was about “manly virtues”: a father passing his values onto his son. You may be surprised to know that I am, actually, a product of the public school system. Elementary, high school, and now in university. I am very much exposed to the indoctrination you know that goes on in that system, yet, I evolved into a staunch counter-jihadist. There’s probably a good number of my former teachers and professors who would need smelling salts if they ever knew I was emailing you!

But why did I not emerge a good little Marxist foot soldier? I can only credit that to my father, one of the brightest men I know. He instilled in me to always be skeptical, to never take anything at face value. He would always push me to investigate claims on my own, and to always challenge what I was being told. Though not a father-son relationship as your story described, my father was, is, critical in shaping the way I view the world today. I still hold onto that skeptical attitude instilled in me when I was just a child, and it’s the reason I can email you today. Parents are so crucial to children aren’t they? You’re right however: the public schools are an odious place. I was lucky. I’m glad your son was as well.

I apologize: look at me ramble on! You have so many things to take care of! I do enjoy conversing with you though, I think I get a little carried away (an understatement, this email is akin to my university essays). That little blurb PayPal provides with donations is never enough to satisfy the depth of my gratitude. I’m buoyed to hear of others my age who have their eyes wide open. Sometimes, it is hard not to be laden down with despair, especially when some in our movement seem so run down and defeated. But, I cling to hope, even if I have nothing else. Because I’ll be damned if I spend the rest of my 60 or so years on earth with a burka around my neck.

I’ve kept you long enough. I’m glad this fundraiser is exceeding your expectations. You have some very grateful readers and we’re only to willing to pay the deed back in kind. Happy (belated?) American Thanksgiving, and I’ll see you at Christmas.

Well, it won’t quite be Christmas. As I mentioned a few days ago, it will be closer to Shrove Tuesday — are we allowed to use that phrase? Or does it exclude someone? — which comes on March 4, 2014. Probably a week or so before that. I wonder if it will be as cold then as it is now…

The second email is from an Indian donor. We don’t get many gifts from India, so to hear from him was a real treat (also published by permission):

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/24/2013

As Iran’s negotiating team returned to Tehran from the “P5+1” nuclear talks in Geneva, cheering crowds greeted them at the airport. The Obama administration is also pleased with the deal, but the interim agreement has been criticized by the governments of Canada, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.

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Vamos levantar a Bandeira da verdade e da libertação

Note: this is a Portuguese version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here earlier today. Many thanks to Forever Infidel for the translation.

Vamos levantar a Bandeira da verdade e da libertação
por Geert Wilders

Neste mês, há nove anos, em novembro de 2004, policiais vestindo coletes à prova de bala e carregando metralhadoras me pegaram em minha casa e me conduziram a um local seguro. Isso aconteceu dois dias após o cineasta e crítico do Islã Theo van Gogh ter sido assassinado por um assassino islâmico em plena luz do dia em uma rua de Amsterdan. A polícia me deu segurança porque os criminosos islâmicos também haviam ameaçado me matar. Porque eu, também, falei a verdade sobre o Islã, a maior de todas as ameaças à nossa liberdade e à nossa civilização.

Desde essa data sinistra, nove anos atrás, eu fui forçado a viver sob proteção policial constante. Vivi em quartéis, prisões e casas seguras. As ameaças continuam até hoje e acabaram com minha privacidade e minha liberdade.

Mas vou continuar a falar. A bandeira da Arábia Saudita orgulhosamente proclama a Shahada , ou a declaração de fé islâmica : “Não há deus senão Alá e Maomé é o mensageiro de Alá.”

Em memória dos últimos nove anos, em memória das milhares de vítimas que foram assassinadas nesse período por assassinos islâmicos, em Londres, em Moscou, em Mumbai, em Nairobi e em inúmeros outros lugares, e em memória dos milhões de pessoas – mulheres , apóstatas, não-muçulmanos – que diariamente sofrem discriminação e humilhação do Islã e sua ideologia do mal e da opressiva lei Sharia Islâmica, eu ofereço ao mundo islâmico uma nova bandeira – uma bandeira com uma declaração de verdade e libertação : “O Islã é uma mentira, Muhammad um criminoso ,o Alcorão um veneno.”

Somente quando o mundo islâmico vier a perceber essa verdade, ele vai ser capaz de libertar-se do mal, tornando o mundo um lugar melhor e mais seguro para todos os seres humanos.

Somente quando o mundo livre vier a perceber que o Islã é predominantemente uma ideologia totalitária e não uma religião, ele vai ser capaz de defender suas liberdades e valores.

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Lad os hejse et flag for sandheden og friheden!

Note: this is a Danish version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here earlier today. Many thanks to Kitman and Steen for the translation.

Lad os hejse et flag for sandheden og friheden!
av Geert Wilders

I november 2004 for 9 år siden kom politibetjente i skudsikre veste med maskin-pistoler og hentede mig i mit hjem for at køre mig til et sikkert sted. Det var to dage efter filminstruktøren og islam-kritikeren Theo van Gogh var blevet myrdet på åben gade i Amsterdam af en muslimsk morder.

Politiet bragte mig i sikkerhed, fordi muslimske forbrydere også havde truet med at dræbe mig. Fordi også jeg, fortalte sandheden om Islam, den største trussel mod vores frihed og civilisation.

Siden den skæbnesvangre dag for 9 år siden, har jeg været nødt til at leve under konstant politi-beskyttelse. Jeg har boet på kaserner, i fængsler og i sikrede huse. Disse trusler fremsættes stadig den dag idag, og har berøvet mig mit privatliv og min frihed.

Men jeg vil blive ved med at tale. Saudi-arabiens flag forkynder stolt shahadaen, den islamiske trosbekendelse: “Der er ingen gud udover Allah, og Muhammed er Allahs budbringer”.

Til minde om de forløbne 9 år, til minde om de tusindvis af ofre for muslimske mordere i London, i Moskva, i Mumbai, i Nairobi og utallige andre steder, og til minde om de millioner af mennesker – kvinder, apostater, ikke-muslimer – som dagligt lider under diskriminering og ydmygelse på grund af Islams onde ideologi og undertrykkende sharia-lov, vil jeg tilbyde den muslimske verden et nyt flag – et flag med et sandt og befriende budskab: “Islam er løgn, Muhammad er en forbryder, Koranen er gift”.

Først når den islamiske verden indser denne sandhed, kan den befrie sig fra det onde, og gøre verden til et bedre og tryggere sted for alle mennesker.

Først når den frie verden indser, at Islam først og fremmest er en totalitær ideologi snarere end en religion, vil den være i stand til at forsvare sin frihed og sine værdier.

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Låt oss höja sanningens och frihetens flagga

Note: this is a Swedish version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here earlier today. Many thanks to Ted Ekeroth for the translation.

Låt oss höja sanningens och frihetens flagga

Geert Wilders är partiledare för PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid, Party for Freedom) i Nederländerna. Till åminnelse av en viktig årsdag denna månaden har Wilders tagit på sig ett ambitiöst projekt, vilket han förklarar nedan.

av Geert Wilders

För nio år sedan, i november 2004, hämtade poliser, utrustade med skottsäkra västar och maskingevär, mig i mitt hem och körde mig till en säker plats. Detta skedde två dagar efter det att filmskaparen och islamkritikern Theo van Gogh blev mördad av en muslimsk gärningsman, mitt på dagen på en gata i Amsterdam. Polisen tog mig till säkerhet för att islamistiska brottslingar hade hotat att döda mig också — detta eftersom även jag sade sanningen om islam, det största hotet mot vår frihet och civilisation.

Sedan denna olycksbådande dag för nio år sedan, har jag tvingats att leva under konstant polisbevakning. Jag har bott i armébaracker, fängelser och “säkra hus”. Hoten fortsätter till denna dag och har tagit ifrån mig mitt privatliv och min frihet.

Men jag kommer fortsätta tala. Saudiarabiens flagga stoltserar med “Shahada”, eller den muslimska trosbekännelsen: “Det finns ingen gud förutom Allah och Muhammed är Allahs profet”.

Till minne av de sista nio åren, till minne av de tusentals offer som blivit mördade under den tiden av muslimska gärningsmän, i London, i Moskva, i Mumbai, i Nairobi och i otaliga andra platser, och till minne av de miljontals människor — kvinnor, apostater, icke-muslimer — som dagligen utsätts för diskriminering och förnedring från den onda ideologin islam och från den förtryckande muslimska sharia-lagen, föreslår jag en ny flagga till den muslimska världen — en flagga med en deklaration om sanning och frihet: “Islam är en lögn, Muhammed en brottsling, Koranen ett gift”.

Endast då den muslimska världen inser denna sanning, kommer de kunna frigöra sig från ondskan och göra världen till en bättre och säkrare plats för alla människor.

Endast när den fria världen inser att islam är huvudsakligen en totalitär ideologi snarare än en religion, kommer den kunna försvara sina friheter och värden.

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Innalziamo una Bandiera di Veritá e Liberazione

Note: this is an Italian version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here earlier today. Many thanks to Herbrand for the translation.

Geert Wilders é il presidente del PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid, Partito per la Libertá) in Olanda. In occasione di un importante anniversario che cade questo mese, il Sig. Wilders ha avviato un ambizioso progetto, che spiega egli stesso qui sotto.

Innalziamo una Bandiera di Veritá e Liberazione
di Geert Wilders

Nove anni fa questo mese, nel Novembre 2004, poliziotti in giubotto antriproiettile e mitragliatrici mi hanno prelevato dal mio appartamento e condotto in un luogo sicuro. Questo avvenne due giorni dopo che il regista e critico dell’Islam Theo van Gogh venne assassinato da assassini Islamici, in piena luce in una strada di Amsterdam. La polizia mi ha protetto perché dei criminali Islamici avevano minacciato di uccidere anche me. Perché anche io, come Theo, dico la veritá sull’Islam, la piú grande minaccia alla nostra libertá e alla nostra civiltá.

Da quel giorno minaccioso, nove anni fa, sono stato costretto a vivere sotto la protezione della polizia. Ho vissuto in caserme dell’esercito, in diverse prigioni e altri rifugi. La minaccia persiste ancora oggi e mi ha privato della mia privacy e della mia libertá.

Ma continueró a parlare. La bandiera dell’Arabia Saudita proclama fieramente la Shahada, o dichiarazione di fede Islamica: “Non vi é alcun dio al di fuori di Allah e Muhammad é il messaggero di Allah.”

In memoria dei precedenti nove anni, in memoria delle migliaia di vittime che sono state uccise in quel periodo da assassini Islamici a Londra, a Mosca, a Mumbai, a Nairobi, e in innumerevoli altri posti, e in ricordo delle milioni di persone – donne, apostati, non-Musulmani – che ogni giorno subiscono discriminazione e umiliazione per via della malvagia ideologia dell’Islam e dell’oppressiva Sharia Islamica, offro al mondo Islamico una nuova bandiera – una bandiera con una dichiarazione di veritá e di liberazione: “L’Islam é una menzogna, Muhammad un criminale, il Corano un veleno.”

Solo quando il mondo Islamico arriverá a comprendere questa veritá sará in grado di liberarsi dal male, rendendo il mondo un posto piú sicuro e migliore per ogni essere umano.

Solo quando il mondo libero arriverá a comprendere che l’Islam é un’ideologia predominantemente totalitaria piuttosto che una religione, sará in grado di difendere le sue libertá e i suoi valori.

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Lasst uns eine Flagge der Wahrheit und Befreiung hissen!

Note: this is a German version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here earlier today. The translation was originally published at Politically Incorrect.

Geert Wilders: Lasst uns eine Flagge der Wahrheit und Befreiung hissen!

Diesen Monat vor neun Jahren, im November 2004, holten mich Polizisten in schusssicheren Westen und bewaffnet mit Maschinenpistolen zuhause ab und brachten mich an einen sicheren Ort. Dies geschah zwei Tage nachdem der Filmemacher und Islamkritiker Theo van Gogh am hellichten Tage auf einer Straße in Amsterdam von einem islamischen Attentäter ermordet wurde. Die Polizisten brachten mich in Sicherheit, weil die islamischen Kriminellen damit drohten, mich ebenfalls zu töten. Weil ich ebenso wie Theo van Gogh die Wahrheit über den Islam, diese größte Bedrohung unserer Freiheit und unserer Zivilisation, ausgesprochen hatte.

(Von Geert Wilders, im Original erschienen auf Gates Of Vienna)

Seit diesem unheilvollen Tag vor neun Jahren bin ich gezwungen, unter ständigem Polizeischutz zu leben. Ich habe in Armeekasernen, Gefängnissen und sicheren Häusern gelebt. Die Drohungen dauern bis heute an und haben mich meiner Privatsphäre und meiner Freiheit beraubt.

Aber ich werde weiterhin sprechen. Die Flagge Saudi-Arabiens verkündet stolz die Shahada, das islamische Glaubensbekenntnis:

„Es gibt keinen Gott außer Allah und Mohammed ist sein Prophet.”

Im Gedenken an die vergangenen neun Jahre, im Gedenken an die Tausende Opfer, die in diesem Zeitraum von islamischen Attentätern ermordet wurden, in London, in Moskau, in Mumbai, in Nairobi und an zahllosen anderen Orten, und im Gedenken an die Millionen Menschen – Frauen, Apostaten, Nicht-Moslems – die täglich Diskriminierung und Erniedrigung durch die üble Ideologie des Islam und durch das unterdrückende islamische Recht der Scharia erleiden, biete ich der islamischen Welt eine neue Flagge an, eine Flagge mit der Erklärung der Wahrheit und Befreiung:

“Der Islam ist eine Lüge, Mohammed ist ein Verbrecher, der Koran ist Gift.”

Nur wenn die islamische Welt sich der Wahrheit bewusst wird, wird sie in der Lage sein, sich vom Bösen zu befreien, die Welt besser und zu einem sicheren Ort für alle Menschen zu machen.

Nur wenn die freie Welt sich der Wahrheit bewusst wird, dass es sich beim Islam überwiegend um eine totalitäre Ideologie und weniger um eine Religion handelt, wird sie in der Lage sein, ihre Freiheiten und Werte zu verteidigen.

Levons le drapeau de la vérité et de la libération !

Note: this is a French version of “Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation” by Geert Wilders, published here earlier today. Many thanks to Alain Wagner for the translation.

Levons le drapeau de la vérité et de la libération !
Par Geert Wilders

Ce mois-ci il y a neuf ans, en Novembre 2004, des policiers en gilets pare-balles et en armes venaient me prendre à mon domicile pour me mener en lieu sûr. Ceci arriva deux jours après le meurtre du réalisateur islamo critique Théo Van Gogh par un assassin islamique, en plein jour dans une rue d’Amsterdam. La Police me protégeait parce que des assassins islamiques avaient menacé de me tuer aussi. Cela, parce que j’avais également dit la vérité à propos de l’islam, le plus grand danger pour notre liberté et notre civilisation.

Depuis cette date sinistre, il y a neuf ans, j’ai été forcé de vivre sous protection policière constante. J’ai vécu dans des casernes, dans des prisons et des maisons refuges. La menace continue aujourd’hui et m’a enlevé ma vie privée et de ma liberté.

Mais je vais continuer à parler. Le drapeau de l’Arabie Saoudite proclame fièrement la Shahada (la déclaration de foi islamique) : « Il n’y a pas d’autre dieu qu’Allah et Mahomet est son prophète ».

En mémoire de ces neuf années passées, en mémoire des milliers de victimes qui ont été tuées par des assassins islamiques durant cette période, à Londres, à Moscou, à Mumbai, à Nairobi et dans d’innombrables endroits, en mémoire des millions de personnes – femmes, apostats, non-Musulmans – qui souffrent quotidiennement de discrimination et d’humiliation de par la malfaisante idéologie islamique et de sa loi oppressante la charia, J’offre au monde islamique un nouveau drapeau – un drapeau portant une déclaration de vérité et de libération : « L’islam est un mensonge, Mahomet un criminel, le Coran est du poison ».

C’est seulement quand le monde islamique aura compris cette vérité qu’il pourra se libérer du mal, et rendre ainsi le monde un endroit meilleur et plus sûr pour tous les Humains.

C’est seulement quand le monde libre aura compris que l’islam est majoritairement une idéologie totalitaire plus qu’une religion qu’il deviendra capable de défendre ses libertés et ses valeurs.

Let us Raise a Flag of Truth and Liberation

Geert Wilders is the leader of the PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid, Party for Freedom) in The Netherlands. In recognition of an important anniversary this month, Mr. Wilders has undertaken an ambitious project, which he explains below.

Let us raise a flag of truth and liberation
by Geert Wilders

Nine years ago this month, in November 2004, policemen wearing bullet proof vests and carrying machine guns picked me up at my home and drove me to a safe place. This happened two days after the filmmaker and Islam-critic Theo van Gogh was murdered by an Islamic assassin in broad daylight on an Amsterdam street. The police brought me to safety because Islamic criminals had threatened to kill me, too. Because I, too, spoke the truth about Islam, the biggest threat to our freedom and our civilization.

Since that ominous date, nine years ago, I have been forced to live under constant police protection. I have lived in army barracks, prisons and safe houses. The threats continue to this day and have deprived me of my privacy and my freedom.

But I will continue to speak. The flag of Saudi Arabia proudly proclaims the Shahada or the Islamic declaration of faith: “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

In remembrance of the past nine years, in remembrance of the thousands of victims who were murdered in that period by Islamic assassins, in London, in Moscow, in Mumbai, in Nairobi, and in countless other places, and in remembrance of the millions of people — women, apostates, non-Muslims — who daily suffer discrimination and humiliation from the evil ideology of Islam and oppressive Islamic Sharia law, I offer the Islamic world a new flag — a flag with a declaration of truth and liberation: “Islam is a lie, Muhammad a criminal, the Koran is poison.”

Only when the Islamic world comes to realize this truth, will it be able to free itself from evil, making the world a better and safer place for all human beings.

Only when the free world comes to realize that Islam is predominantly a totalitarian ideology rather than a religion, will it be able to defend its liberties and values.

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/23/2013

The Chinese government has claimed an air defense zone over a disputed group of islands, saying that aircraft entering the area must obey its rules. The islands are owned by Japan, which calls them the Senkakus, while China claims them as the Diaoyus.

In other news, the Italian government reports that copper thefts from rail lines and the electrical grid have risen by 12% since last year to 11,000 separate instances, causing serious economic damage.

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