, as Mr. Wilders points out, he's targeting the religion, not its followers.
This is a common defense of many Islamophobes. It's hard to tell when people have a legitimate complaint or concern about the sacred texts of a religion and when they are just disguising their bigotry. Usually you can tell by the inordinate amount of time they spend ranting anf railing or just throwing nasty digs against the group they are scapegoating. Also by their anger at anyone who offers an opposing viewpoint.
It's not specific to Islamophobes either. You see it with anti-Semites, Catholic bashers, Mormon haters, atheist haters, etc ...
Have you seen the Muslim protests lately against Jews? Whatever Wilder has done is very very tame to the protests. Double standard from the cowards in Europe!