When an Amsterdam court acquitted far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders of all charges of discrimination and inciting hatred against Muslims on June 23, it seemed a fitting climax to a week that saw the end of the decade-long Dutch experiment with integration. Judges ruled that although the comments the politician made in the Dutch press and on the internet between October 2006 and March 2008 comparing Islam to Nazism may be offensive, they are nonetheless legal and part of a legitimate government debate — one that’s taken on tones that were unthinkable — or at least unspeakable — only a few years ago
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Greece’s Debt Crisis: Blaming Nazi Germany
It’s not quite World War III, but tension over Greece’s debt crisis has ignited a battle of words between Athens and Berlin, reopening old wounds and raising the specter of Nazism.