(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Islamic Society of Toronto and the Canadian Islamic Congress could not be reached for comment on Sunday. However, Anti-Racist Action and the First Nations Solidarity Working Group are organizing protests in the cities Wilders is speaking in.
“As Muslims, racialized people and/or anti-racist allies, we are alarmed at this invitation extended to Wilders by the Canada Christian College and International Free Press Society Canada,” the groups said in a press release. “It is also very clear that after all the hysteria about free speech, the event has been organized so as to deter any dissenting voices or protest.”
In addition to being invitation-only, tickets cost $20 and must be purchased with a credit and proper name just to find out the location of the speeches.
Geert Wilders For seven years has been under 24-hour protection after receiving threats from not only his home country, Holland, but from all around the world.
Wilders has campaigned to stop the "Islamisation of the Netherlands" and now he says: "because Canada helped out Holland during the Second War, it is only fitting to repay them by raising awareness that the country is in danger of a hostile takeover and being Islamicized."
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