After the Islamist nations unitedly attacked BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her remark about Prophet Muhammad, and asked Indian government to officially apologies, Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has often taken a firm stand against Islamic fundamentalism in his country, has spoken in support of BJP’s former spokesperson Nupur Sharma. In a series of tweets he stated that Nupur Sharma’s statement about Prophet Muhammad is a fact and not some false allegations.
Here’s what Geert Wilders tweeted:
“It is ridiculous that Arab and Islamic countries are angered by Indian politician Nupur Sharma’s statement for speaking the truth about Prophet Muhammad who indeed married Aisha when she was six years old and consumed the marriage when she was nine. Why does India apologize?”
In another tweet, Wilders stated, “Appeasement never works. It’ll only make things worse. So my dear friends from India, don’t be intimidated by Islamic countries. Stand up for freedom and be proud and steadfast in defending your politician Nupur Sharma who spoke the truth about Prophet Muhammad.”
Wilders also said that he gets death threats every single day from Pakistani and Turkish Muslims who wants to kill in the name of the ‘so-called Prophet Muhammad’ and he will never stop speaking the truth. Wilders shared the screenshot of a threat message by a Pakistani Muslim man who had threatened to murder him and ‘destroy America and the EU’.
It is important to note that Nupur Sharma has been suspended from Bhartiye Janta Party after her statement about Prophet Muhammad’s life was deemed as ‘blasphemy’ and an insult to the Prophet by several Islamic leaders after Alt News’ Mohammad Zubair dog whistled against it. Nupur Sharma since then is being constantly targeted and threatened of murder and rape by Muslim men through both offline and online platforms.