each one of our cities there is a second city, a state within the state, a government within the government, a muslim city, a city ruled by the koran, end of quote. and perhaps many americans see immigration as something which is inherently good for our country. since i know it contributed in the past so much to the united states, but while most of the former immigrants to the united states came from europe, a continent with the same judeo-christian heritage and roots, europe contemporary immigrants do not share, do not share our common roots. on the contrary. the islamization of our society today in europe is undermining that same western judeo-christian values. and i'm not talking about the threat of terrorism of violence

alone. there is also the phenomenon of non-violent jihad. europe's increasingly assertive islamic lobby has successfully pressured european politicians into implementing pro-islamic policies and adopting elements of islamic sharia law, and the numbers of people who organize their lives according to islamic requirements is growing. especially amongst younger people. let me give you a few numbers. among 15-year-olds, german-muslims, 40% today, 40%, consider islam more important than democracy. among muslim university students in great britain, 40% support

sharia and 1 in 3 of those students today consider it legitimate to kill in the name of islam. and the rise of islam also means the rise of sharia in our political systems. in europe today we have sharia courts. we have sharia wills. we have sharia rules. we have sharia banks. we have it all, and the introduction of elements of sharia law in our societies, indeed create, assist them of -- a system of legal apartheids. sharia law systematically discriminates groups of people.

let me give you some examples of what is happening in europe today. britain, a lot of people don't know that. britain has today around 60 official sharia courts. and one of these courts settled an inheritance dispute involving a man whose estate had to be divided between his children, and that sharia court in britain gave the sons twice as much as the daughters in accordance with the koranic pronouncement that a woman is only worth half of a man. and in my own country, the netherlands, sharia is being applied. i know it's hard to believe, but sadly it's very true, and, that ladies and gentlemen, is a disgrace. in our civilization, men and women are equal before the law. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please make no mistake.

islam is also coming to america. indeed, it has already arrived. your country, too, is facing a stealth jihad, an islamic attempt to introduce sharia law bit by bit by bit. islam demands already in america today separate campaign housing for muslims. islam demands that women have separate hours in gyms and swimming pools. schools in america today are banning christmas celebrations, are taking pork off their cafeteria menus to avoid offending muslim students and courts even in america, there are examples in florida, even in america have begun to apply sharia law. and be aware that this is only the beginning. if we do not stop the islamization, we will lose everything that we stand for,

everything that we fought for. our constitutional state, our freedom, our civilization and in europe already today we are losing the right of free speech, the right to criticize islam. and what we need, my friends, this perhaps is my most important message to you today. what we need is a spirit of resistance. resistance to evil is our moral duty. [ applause ] and this resistance begins with expressing our solidarity to all christians, all jews, all non-muslims, all muslim apostates, in fact, all people who are the victims of islam,

and we can see what islam has in store for us if we watch the fate of the christians in the islamic world today, such as the cops in egypt, those in lebanon, the syrian in iraq and those christians elsewhere, such as the brave christians in nigeria. almost every day churches are arsoned and children are assassinated in other countries, even in so-called moderate countries as turkey and indonesia, christians face discrimination and humiliation on a daily basis.

>> and the cause of all this christian suffering is islam. a christian suffering is islam. a christian suffering is islam.an christian suffering is islam. rivers of tears are flowing from the middle east where there is only one safe haven for christians, and indeed there's only one place in the middle east that christians are safe to be, it's the state of israel. [ applause ] and that, ladies and gentlemen, that is why israel deserves the support of christians worldwide. as a matter of fact, israel is the canary in the coal mine. if israel cannot exist in peace, none of us can. israel is the only democracy in the middle east. it's a safe haven for everyone. it's a beacon of light in an area of total darkness, and if israel falls, ladies and gentlemen, if israel falls,

everybody will feel the consequences. as a matter of fact, israel is fighting our fight. mothers in the west -- [ applause ] mothers in the west can sleep safely at night because israeli mothers at night worry about their sons in the army because they are fighting our fight, and that's why i say that we all are israel. we should all support israel because islam's so-called holy war against israel is in fact a war against all of us. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, in march 2008 i released a 15-minute documentary about the koran and the threat of islamization in

the netherlands, and while at that time i was invited by senator jon kyl to show it in the u.s. senate, the screening of my movie was banned by the european parliament. the british government even barred me from entering the united kingdom on the day that i was invited to show it in the house of lords. later in that same year, later in 2008 leftish, liberal and islamic organizations in the netherlands brought me to court over this documentary. they accused me of group insult and incitement through hatred and discrimination. i was prosecuted in my own country for merely stating my opinion about islam. fortunately i was acquitted on all charges. [ applause ]

but the legal ordeal lasted almost three years. imagine a member of parliament having to deal with a court case for three years. that's a lot of time and energy . the court finally equittacquitt because i had criticized islam and not muslims. as an elected politician in the public debate i was entitled to greater freedom of speech than

normal citizens in the netherlands which, of course, is totally wrong. ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it is important that we realize how the west got into this present situation. it's partly our own fault because we have foolishly adopted the ideology of multiculturalism. [ applause ] and why i say multiculturalism i refer to relativism, the political disease of political correct europe and perhaps america today. multiculturalism is a crazy idea that all cultures are equal. but, of course, cultures are not equal. i am proud to say -- i'm not ashamed, but i'm proud to say that our culture that is based on christianity on judaism and humanism is far better, yes, is far superior to the islamic culture. [ applause ] we should not be afraid, but we should be proud to say so. ladies and gentlemen, cultural

political correct disease is weakening the west day by day. government leaders, lawyers, judges, churches, trade unions, media, academia, charities, all of them are blinded by political of them are blinded by political correctness and are condoning islam. and as a result of this cultural relativism a little bit of the free west, we should realize it every day again, a little bit of the free west dies every day. multiculturalism is a disaster. multiculturalism has been such an enormous catastrophe because it has been a tool to promote islam, an ideology that threatens our core values such as tolerance. multiculturalism has made us open our borders to those who cannot be assimilated.

it made us tolerate the intolerant, and now intolerance is annihilating tolerance. ladies and gentlemen, we should in the name of tolerance claim the right, claim finally the right not to tolerate the people who are intolerant to us anymore. [ applause ] we should in the name of self-preservation not allow those who refuse to assimilate to our values, not to their values, but to our values to enter our countries anymore.

[ applause ] my dear -- my dear friends, i'm not a pessimist. we can still turn the tides. even in europe if we act today. and there are four measures that we must take. first, perhaps the most important, we must tell people what is at stake. in western europe freedom of speech is being restricted at the demand of the friends of islam and their collaborators. if christianity in europe today, if someone insults christianity it's called a form of art, but if someone criticize islam it's called hate speech. that is the reality today, and there is reason for concern. if the erosion of our freedom of speech is the price we must pay to accommodate islam.

there is reason for concern if those who deny that islam is the problem do not grant us the right to debate the issue and speak the truth, and this is our first and most important obligation. defend the right to speak what we see as the truth. that is why we in europe need to follow america's example and introduce a european first amendment. [ applause ] but once we have the right to speak, once we have the right to speak the truth, we need to use that right. the letter is also a message to you in america. speak the truth, even when it's uncomfortable, even when it's

not politically correct, even if the liberal media will kill you, even if you receive death threats. the truth can and may never be compromised. [ applause ] ed second, we must as i said, end cultural relativism. we should not be afraid to say who we are and to know and to say who we are not. we must proudly proclaim that our judeo-christian values are better and superior than the islamic values. thirdly, we should stop the islamization process. more islam means more intolerance and more sharia and less freedom. we must stop the immigration from islamic countries. we must expel criminal

immigrants, and last but not least, we should forbid the construction of new mosques. there is enough islam in the west already. and, fourth, we must take pride in our nations again. we must demand that immigrants accept our values and not the other way around. [ applause ] what we call home, ladies and gentlemen, what we call home is more than just a place on the map. it is our belonging to a community of values, a community of ideas and ideals. and, my friends, you and i, americans and europeans, we

belong to a common western culture. we share the values and ideals of our common heritage, and in order to preserve our nations and our homes and in order to pass our heritage on to our children, in order to survive we must stand together. otherwise, we will be submerged in the uniform nation of islam, and this is what we do not want to happen. [ applause ] so we must defend our civilization. ronald reagan said the future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. reagan was right. president reagan was right. we must be brave or we will be swamped by totalitarianism.

it is indeed a constant struggle that we are into to preserve our faith, our family, our freedom. but we owe it to our children. this is why i believe that we must stand firm. we will not submit to islam. never. we will survive with our own ideology and our own christian heritage. we will defend our failures. we will speak the truth and why will we speak the truth? because we stand for the truth and because the truth will set us free. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] >> take a couple of questions? >> sure. >> geert wilders.

geert wilders. >> you will long remember, you will long remember this afternoon on summit 2012 when this man of courage this hero of freedom and of western civilization came across the atlantic to bear his witness and give his warning. bravo. geert wilders. [ applause ] >> god bless you! >> thank you. >> this good and brave man who shrinks from absolutely nothing does not shrink from your questions, of course. if we can bring the lights up and go to the microphones so

that those watching on tv or the internet can be in the conversation. please identify yourself and we'll take just a few questions. who is first? >> me. >> please. you have the floor. and i'm not seeing you. >> over here. >> this side. >> please? >> joe from act for america. we as act, we always do the same exactly like you are doing which is i felt -- i felt myself talking over there. so, i know what you feel and i know what happened because i'm from lebanon. now, we are seeing mosques in this country growing like mushrooms. the biggest mosque by the way is

coming to fort collins. the biggest mosque in middle america, into fort collins. now, what do you think we have to do to stop building these mosques other than resistance? >> well, like i said, and i fully, let me start with that, i have a lot of respect for act. for america, it is a very good and strong organization. with gabrielle heading it. the first thing people should do is educate people what a mosque stands for. a lot of people think that islam is a religion and not violent ideology, and people believe that the mosque is something like a church or a synagogue. well, we know that it is not. so, educate people what the

mosques, what the islam stand for. this is a. b, what you should do and this perhaps is the most important or most difficult thing to achieve is elect politicians that are brave enough to say enough is enough, no more mosques in my constituency. it is the most important thing to do. which doesn't mean that it will be realized tomorrow. and like i said, those politicians or those organizations like act for america will get a lot of people being very nasty, a lot of journalists saying the most terrible things. people, muslim organizations will perhaps even take you to court. being intimidated. it is called the legal jihad. the legal warfare to silence people who try to stand up and speak the truth about no more

mosques, no more sharia law whatsoever. please continue, it is the only way to fight the process of islamization in our societies. >> thank you. we are going to break away from the last couple minutes of this event to take you live to capitol hill, where the house agriculture committee is just about to meet this morning, marking up the 2012 farm bill. agriculture committee chairman frank lucas of oklahoma, who you can see there in the red tie underneath the large portrait, and ranking member collin peterson of minnesota unveiled the long-term farm assistance

bill last week. the legislation would reduce spending by $3.5 billion a year or $35 billion over ten years. in addition it reduces current food stamp spending projections by $1.6 billion or about $16 billion over a ten-year period. representative james clyburn of south carolina became the highest ranking house democrat to oppose that legislation, calling it quote, an abomination, because it contains $16 billion in cuts to food stamps. the senate recently passed its version of the farm bill known

as the agriculture reform food and jobs act. [ no audio ] .

>> again, we are live on capitol hill waiting for the house agriculture committee to get under way, marking up the 2012 farm bill. also today on capitol hill, you may know in the house, a vote on that bill to repeal the health care law. we're expecting that vote about 3:00 this afternoon, debate in front of the vote. our coverage, of course, on c-span. you can always catch up on the latest on our website at c-span.org and again here on

c-span 3, we'll have coverage all day of this farm bill markup.