A 60 year old from Nieuwegein (Utrecht) was sentenced for insulting Muslims Friday. The court in Utrecht gave him forty hours of community service and two weeks suspended sentence, Trouw reports. The man was also charged for threatening a member of the Amersfoort city council. In February 2009 the man turned his back on the…
De Stad Amersfoort reports this week on ongoing tensions between the El Fath mosque and the wider community in in Liendert (Amersfoort). After several incidents of confrontation the local party BPA is pressing in the local council for police supervision, however the mosque administration says the unrest is exaggerated in the media. Disagreements in recent…
For the first time in Dutch history, a house of prayer is being put up for auction because of a financial conflict. The Amersfoort Rahman mosque might be put up for auction, and if it goes through it will be the first time that a functioning house of prayer will be forced to be sold…
