Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders is a politician and leader of the Party for Freedom, the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is also known as an outspoken opponent of Islam. He has campaigned to stop the "Islamisation of the Netherands" and has also worked to have the Koran banned in the Netherlands. An advocate of ending immigration from Muslim countries, he also supports banning the construction of new mosques. His controversial film about his views on Islam, Fitna, received international attention and resulted in his being banned from the UK during part of 2009. That year, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ordered his prosecution for "incitement to hatred and discrimination." On June 23, 2011, he was acquitted of the charges. He lives in the Netherlands with his wife.