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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- One measure of the fear that many in the Netherlands have of resident Muslims can be seen in one politician's new life as a virtual fugitive.
Geert Wilders, a Dutch lawmaker who has advocated controls on immigrants from Turkey and Morocco, has not been home in weeks, does not make public appearances and is constantly shadowed by six police officers, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
The moves reflect the numerous death threats he has received lately.
Meanwhile, even as he and other politicians go undercover, 150 Muslims identified by police as hard-core militants remain free.
"They are still walking the streets of the Netherlands because the police can't arrest them," Wilders said. "There is not enough evidence. I say that those who choose to kill our democracy with radical, fascistic Islamic ideas don't deserve the rights of our democracy. Once again we will have to wait until something else terrible happens before we do anything."
This month's shooting and stabbing murder of Theo van Gogh, whose latest film had denounced Islam's treatment of women, set off a wave of arson attacks against mosques and retaliatory attacks on churches.
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