.... The Wilders case demonstrates the continued willingness of authorities in Europe's most liberal countries to regulate the content of speech on Islam in order to placate Muslim blasphemy demands.
Wilders' acquittal does not change that. The presiding judge in the case determined that Wilders' remarks were sometimes "hurtful," "shocking" and "offensive."
But the Court of Amsterdam reached its decision, as Reuters reported, by noting that "they were made in the context of a public debate about Muslim integration and multiculturalism, and therefore not a criminal act."
Thus, this case was decided on the basis that Wilders' remarks were made in the proper context -- in an ongoing public debate on specifically legitimate issues. [The Way] Read more [via National Secular Society]
