Councillor Marcouch of the Slotervaart neighborhood in Amsterdam has proposed ideas for a “city in itself” – a flourishing Muslim community that can arise on its own. Marcouch proposed his ideas in an internal letter to the other neighborhoods in Amsterdam-West. He has proposed the neighborhoods to exist outside the beltway, which poses essential differences…
Ahmed Marcouch, chairman of the Amsterdam neighborhood of Slotervaart, said that Dutch politics and society should give orthodox Muslims space to practice their faith, and subsequently, show that the values of freedom of religion are high on their agenda. According to Marcouch, freedom of religion in modern society is demonstrated by its connection with the orthodox…
The mayor of the Amsterdam neighborhood Slotervaart, Ahmed Marcouch, has said that public schools ought to offer more space for religion, particularly Islam. According to Marouch, this would take some of the burden and responsibility off of the mosque, by allowing for a more open and public practice of religion for Muslim children and young…
AMSTERDAM, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Ahmed Marcouch, the leader of an immigrant district in Amsterdam, said on Friday the key to quelling the kind of riots seen in Paris this week was to isolate troublemakers, involve parents and build community relations. Marcouch, who moved to Amsterdam from Morocco aged 10, was credited with quickly cooling…
By Erich Wiedemann For one Amsterdam mayor, the Netherlands’ famous tolerance has gone too far. Morrocan-born Ahmed Marcouch is taking the tough cop approach in a rough Amsterdam neighborhood, pushing his fellow immigrants to integrate. But some consider him a traitor. A street festival is in full swing in Amsterdam’s Slotervaart neighborhood. The occasion is…
