Morocco’s Foreign Minister Taleb Fsi Fihri told his Dutch counterpart – Maxime Verhagen – that Rabat does not want to stand in the way of the integration of Moroccans living in the Netherlands. Fihri said that Rabat wants to help the Moroccan integration into Dutch society, and call on called Moroccans living in the Netherlands…
In a video received by Dutch broadcasters, terrorists threatened Belgium with “chaos, bloodshed, and atrocious attacks” in a DVD sent to several news editors. Three DVDs were sent to the Dutch broadcasters VRT and VTM, and the alternative, independent news website Indymedia. The videos show three masked men against a background with Arabic writing. Two…
A Turkish minister underlined on Monday the importance of language in social integration. Turkey’s State Minister Mustafa Said Yazicioglu said that learning a language was important. “We are all aware of importance of learning a language, however it will be more beneficial if people learn a language in the country it is spoken,” Yazicioglu told…
The Muslim charity “The Holy Land Foundation” and five of its former leaders have been convicted of funding the Palestinian militant group Hamas, designated a terrorist group in the US. Full-text article continues here. (Some news sites may require registration)
Immigrants in the northern city of Padua are for the first time, fielding a list of candidates for local elections to be held in June, 2009. Among those being fielded include Mohammed Ahmed, a 52-year old Egyptian-born TV presenter, who has lived in Italy for more than 4 decades. Ahmed said that he would be…
