Praise and fear after Dutch populist Wilders' election win

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00:00 the so-called Dutch Donald Trump could now become his country's leader, winning elections

00:05 based on a campaign on anti-immigration and anti-Islam polemics.

00:09 "The biggest threats to our survival today and the threats to our freedom are the European

00:16 Union, mass immigration and this terrible Islamic ideology of submission and violence."

00:25 A dark day for many of the country's residents who come from a non-Western background.

00:30 "I was just telling people here that this is like my 9/11. I will never forget this

00:37 evening, November 22, 2023."

00:40 "Of course I'm shocked. I'm still in shock. I think my friends and family are in shock

00:47 as well."

00:49 Geert Wilders' PVV Party's program states the Netherlands is not an Islamic country.

00:55 There should be no Islamic schools, no Qurans, no mosques and a ban on Islamic headscarves

01:00 in government buildings.

01:02 "If the PVV program is implemented, the livelihood and security of Muslims will no longer be

01:09 assured. That means that we as Muslims cannot live and cannot practice our prayer, our religion.

01:15 We cannot pass that on to our children."

01:18 Wilders and his party have never been in government. Party leaders will meet on Friday to discuss

01:23 coalition possibilities.

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