“Bombing IS in Syria and Iraq, while refusing to see the problems at home, will have disastrous consequences.”

— Geert Wilders

"Stop Denying the Obvious: Islam is a Problem" (26 September 2014) http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4733/stop-denying-the-obvious-islam-is-a-problem
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