If today elections would be held the Dutch anti-Islam party PVV (Party for Freedom) would win 35 seats in parliament and thus become the biggest party of the Netherlands. It is the second time since the breakaway of PVV-leader Geert Wilders from the Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) in 2004. This emerged out of the opinion…
Hundreds of people gathered at the central square of Vredenburg in the Dutch city of Utrecht for a demonstration organized by the German anti-Islam movement Pegida. There was a massive presence of police at the Pegida-demonstration as well as a counter-demonstration by the International Socialists elsewhere in the city. Almost immediately after the initiation of…
According to the Dutch anti-Islam party leader Geert Wilders (Party for Freedom / PVV) the Netherlands has turned into one big refugee center. He called it “terrible” that “three quarters of Dutch municipalities are preoccupied with sheltering refugees.” According to the PVV 293 of 393 municipalities are working for the sheltering of refugees. During a…
David Cameron has said it is time for the Muslim “silent majority” to stand up and tackle Islamist extremism in their communities. The Prime Minister said those who have so far failed to confront the fanatics’ ideology can “make all the difference” and must speak up. He said they were central to challenging their warped…
Shukee Begum, 33, who went to Syria with her five children to look for her husband, said the experience of living under ISIS’ stronghold was worse than she expected. Her husband, Jamal al-Harith, left Britain 18 months ago to fight with the Islamic State. Begum has described her stay at the ISIS dominated city of Raqqa as “not…
