3 January 2013 A Belgian tribunal has determined that an outlet of the Dutch department store Hema was wrong to fire an employee for wearing a headscarf. The woman had worked for the store, located in the Belgian city of Genk, for two months wearing a headscarf before her employment was terminated on the…
19 December 2012 The potential threatening impact of jihadist activity on the Netherlands remains “limited and indirect”, according to the National Terrorist Threat Assessment provided to the country’s House of Representatives. The main source of terrorist threat faced by the country remains jihad, with the report mentioning conditions in Syria, Egypt and Mali as potential…
25 November 2012 Dutch newspaper Parool last week covered designs for Amsterdam apartments by the Eigen Hard housing corporation which accommodate the needs of some Muslim families. The apartments feature cupboards for shoe storage, additional water taps for ritual cleansing, and dividing doors around the kitchen. The paper described the apartments as ‘halal homes’, but…
30 November 2012 Rotterdam police arrested three Muslim men planning to travel to Syria to engage in ‘armed jihad’. The men’s homes contained weapons, farewell letters, and packed rucksacks. Aged 22, 23, and 33, the men have not been involved in any previous investigations in the Netherlands.
6 November 2012 Dutch Muslims are visiting mosques in the Netherlands at least once a week, according to a survey conducted by the national policy unit SCP. While the previous SCP survey in 2004 suggested a decrease in religiosity among the country’s Muslims, this most recent update suggests that this is no longer the case,…
