A proposal by several Muslim organizations in Belgium has been made to allow Muslims to take religious vacation days. Under the proposal, a Muslim employee would be allowed to choose from a number of holidays to take throughout the year. The proposal came from distress during the past Eid holiday, in which many Muslim works…
Education, Culture, and Emancipation Minister Ronald Plasterk is hoping that Muslims would take a similar view to that of many Dutch Christians, in that everything in their holy books ought not to be taken literally. Citing the Bible’s creation stories and his own Catholic upbringing, Plasterk is encouraging Muslims in the Netherlands to have an…
AMSTERDAM – Young Turkish and Moroccan mothers have the same opinions about combining work and family duties than women from other ethnic groups, research indicates. But the Dutch Family Council also said that the husbands of Turkish and Moroccan man have different opinions regarding emancipation, newspaper Trouw reported on Tuesday. The results of the study…
