In the Netherlands, right of free speech is up for debate

A VICAR saying God ‘doesn’t exist’ is allowed to preach while a farmer has been told to remove a “Jesus saves” sign from his barn.

In the meantime a politician whose party came second to that of the Prime Minister’s in recent elections is being prosecuted for comparing the Muslim Koran to Hitler’s Mein Kampf in its attitude towards Jews.

Only in the Netherlands, that bastion of free speech. But these developments are calling it all into question, say many.

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