An anti-Islam Dutch leader is barred from power. His supporters say: Just wait.
March 17 at 6:41 PM
ALMERE, the Netherlands If the Dutch anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders were any other politician, his robust election showing this week would warrant a shot at joining a political coalition.
But the bleached-blond agitator says Moroccans are scum, mosques are havens of terrorism and the Koran is a blueprint for destruction, positions no mainstream Dutch leader will endorse.
The anxious conventional leaders of Europe, fearful that an anti-establishment surge was unstoppable, breathed with relief after Dutch voters in Wednesdays election failed to make Wilders the biggest politician in the Netherlands. They hope for a repeat in France and Germany later this year. But for those who think that the Netherlands is now as placid as its canals, Wilderss followers have a message: They are furious that they have been locked out of power. And they say their ranks will continue to grow.
This is a very big shame. Its unacceptable. There are so many people who are just being put aside, said Katherine ter Weide, an elegantly dressed 72-year-old in the Wilders stronghold of Almere who said Friday that she feared how the world for our children and grandchildren is being destroyed.
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