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Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch lawmaker Wilders wants to deport those convicted of violence against Israeli soccer fans

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, where two Pakistani men go on trial, likely in their absence, on charges of threatening anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders, whose Party for Freedom won national elections last year. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Pakistani Muslim leader tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, answers questions to the media after announcement of the first preliminary results of general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It's an extreme example of a trend being felt across the continent that could tilt the outcome of this year's European Union parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch coalition talks falter as 1 out of the 4 leaders in talks to form a new government walks out

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Politician Geert Wilders listens, as the court delivers its verdict against a former Pakistan cricketer accused of incitement to kill, at the high-security court building near Schiphol airport, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders on Monday withdrew proposed legislation calling for a ban on mosques and the Quran — in a concession to potential coalition partners a day before talks to form the next government were set to resume. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong), File)

Geert Wilders, Dutch lawmaker, has withdrawn a 2018 proposal to ban mosques and the Quran

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Argentina and the Netherlands' sovereignty and recent election results illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Argentina and the Netherlands’ message for America: Sovereignty matters

By John Tillman

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, waits for the start of a meeting with speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp, two days after Wilders won the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A new Dutch parliament has been sworn in after Wilders’ victory in the national election 2 weeks ago

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media after a meeting with speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp, two days after Wilders won the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Wilders ally overseeing first stage of Dutch coalition-building quits over fraud allegation

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Far-right Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders, right, celebrates with party members after winning the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is an anti-Islam firebrand known as the Dutch Donald Trump

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, talks to his supporters after announcement of the first preliminary results of general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders headed for massive win in Netherlands in shock for Europe

By Mike Corder and Raf Casert - Associated Press

FILE - Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders answers reporters after casting his vote in a general election in The Hague, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year prison sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to murder firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, identified by Wilders as Khalid Latif, did not appear in a high-security courtroom near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport for his trial. (AP Photo/Patrick Post, File)

Dutch prosecutors demand 12-year sentence for Pakistani cricketer for call to kill lawmaker Wilders

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders passes army trucks blocking the roads to prevent protesting farmers from reaching parliament in The Hague, Netherlands. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is suing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders after the anti-Islam politician posted a series of tweets against the Turkish leader, including one that described him as a “terrorist” according to Turkey's state-run news agency Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, FILE)

Turkey’s Erdogan sues Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker for insults

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Twitter says hackers accessed Dutch politician’s inbox

By KELVIN CHAN and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Dutch court sentences Pakistani of threat to kill Wilders

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Dutch prosecutors seek 25-year sentence for stabbing suspect

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Dutch firebrand Wilders: Man with knives detained at event

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Right-wing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders provoked Pakistani Muslims by announcing a Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition with a $10,000 prize. (Associated Press/File)

Geert Wilders’ Muhammad cartoon contest sparks Pakistani-Dutch diplomatic rift

By Naila Inayat - Special to The Washington Times

Dutch police officers point their guns at a wounded 19-year-old man who was shot by police after stabbing two people in the central railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Friday Aug. 31, 2018. Police investigators in Amsterdam included an extremist attack as a possible motive for the stabbings of two people at a busy railway station Friday as authorities in the Dutch capital reported that the suspect shot by police is an Afghan citizen. (AP Photo)

Suspect in stabbing of Americans believes Dutch insult Islam

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 file photo, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders addresses the media at the Belgian federal parliament in Brussels. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)

Geert Wilders, Dutch politician, cancels Muhammad cartoon contest, citing ‘Islamic violence’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Pakistani authorities place shipping containers at the entrance of diplomatic enclave in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. Hard-line Islamists who started a march toward Pakistan's capital to protest a far-right Dutch lawmaker's plans to hold a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest have been stopped by police. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistanis to rally in capital against Dutch cartoon contest

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistani protesters shout slogans during a protest against the planned anti-Islam cartoon competitions, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Thousands of Islamists in Pakistan launched a march in Lahore toward the capital on Wednesday to protest a far-right Dutch lawmaker's plans to hold a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest later this year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

The Latest: Dutch lawmaker cancels Muhammad cartoon contest

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