December 5 2010 Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week runs a profile of the stories of four Muslim women in the Netherlands who have experienced sexual abuse, under the headline “Sex Abuse in Muslim families goes unreported”. The accounts, from Dutch Moroccan women victimized by male family members, are accompanied by comments, from emergency shelter Fier…
November 14, 2010 The mayor of Dutch town Gouda commented this week that ending trouble caused by Dutch Moroccan children and teenagers may take “at least another generation”. He made the comments during a town council discussion over the unrest caused by a persistent group of Dutch Moroccan youths between the ages of 8 and…
September 24 2010 Recent research by the University of Amsterdam suggests that some 12% if Dutch Moroccan Muslims consider themselves orthodox. The figure for Dutch Turkish Muslims is one in 20. According to these figures, the country is home to roughly 36 000 orthodox Muslims. Researcher Jean Tillie, while calling the results “bad news for…
Researchers for the Tijdschrift voor Criminologie (Journal of Criminology) claim this week that over half of Dutch Moroccan youths have come into contact with the police: some 54% of young Dutch Moroccan men, compared with 23% of young men in the country overall. The research report was picked up by several newspapers offering differing commentaries…
A Hockey Academy is to be established in Amsterdam for young unemployed Dutch Moroccans. The training is intended for those aged 17-26 who have no work, in order to train them for a future with the Moroccan hockey team. Full time training occurs for 5-6 hours a day, 5 days a week. Ultimately, the initiative…
