Youths from non-western backgrounds are strikingly more often unemployed than youths from Dutch descent. In 2015 8,8 % of native youths were unemployed as opposed to 21,5 % of youths with a non-western background. These and more statistics were bundled in a new factsheet on youth unemployment between 2010 and 2015 published by the Kennisplatform…
Several hundreds of people took part in a march that developed into a demonstration against the attacks in Paris. The demonstration was organized by synagogues and mosques in Amsterdam. Amongst the participants were also present: Amsterdam mayor Eberhard van der Laan, city-counsel member Kajsa Ollongren, district-chairman Thijs Reuten, and Parliamentary member Ahmed Marcouch. The march…
Dutch Muslims united in the CMO (Contact Organization for Muslims and the Government) have firmly condemned the Paris attacks. In a declaration the CMO mentioned the attacks as “barbaric, cowardly, inhuman terrorist attacks against the French society and in fact against the whole of humanity.” The Dutch Muslim community is intensely sad and feels connected…
Yesterday, the New York Times published an article that was deeply alarming from the headline to the last line: “After Paris Attacks, a Darker Mood Toward Islam Emerges in France.” It describes how the relationship between France and “its Muslim community” is now “tipping toward outright distrust, even hostility” in the aftermath of last Friday’s…
The events of the 13th Friday confirm once again the terrorist links between networks in France and Belgium, which in turn stand in connection with Dutch networks. These are links that take place via social media important radical ideological exchanges and where actually offline contacts, ‘on the ground’ occur because of the geographical proximity.
