Islamic banking is on the rise in the Netherlands. The Turkish bank KuveytTürk opened its first halal-bank in Germany last week. Now the bank is looking towards the Netherlands for further options. This was said by Kemal Ozan, the general manager of the German branch of the bank. “After the opening in Frankfurt we would…
The Dutch Vice Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher has recently defended Muslims in the Netherlands on the party congress of his Labour Party (Partij van de arbeid). In the same meeting he lashed out against the Dutch Islamic critic and anti-Islamic Freedom Party (Partij voor de Vrijheid) leader Geert Wilders. Asscher stated that the justified anger…
The Municipality of Amsterdam demanded earlier this year that the educational board of the Dutch Islamic Education Foundation (Stichting Islamitisch Onderwijs) should distance itself from a board member who publicly expressed pro-Islamic State (IS) views. After the Municipality had refused a permit to the Islamic Education Foundation for the establishment of a new Islamic high…
June 7, 2012 The Dutch Ministry of Education has congratulated the country’s Islamic schools for their greatly improved academic performance. In only a few years the schools have shown rapid development. For instance, in March 2011 one-fifth of Dutch Islamic primary schools showed poor performance, and 7.5% had very poor performance; now none of…
A group has been founded in the Netherlands calling on Muslims to fight for the establishment of a Dutch Islamic state. Sharia4Holland has split from Sharia4Belgium, and wants sharia law to be introduced in the country, and is active on the internet including on facebook and YouTube. The National Counter-Terrorism Coordinator has announced that the…
