Dutch Statesman Claims West is a Danger to Islam

7 September 2011 Frits Bolkestein, former leader of the Dutch center-right VVD and a prominent “elder statesman”  in the country, has released a new book, The Intellectual Seduction: Dangerous Ideas in Politics. At a reading in Amsterdam Bolkestein expressed his opinion on Islam and multiculturalism in the Netherlands, disparaging cultural relativism and calling for European…

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Netherlands Identifies Anti-Semitic and Anti-Islam Sentiment

December 16 2010 Following a comment last week from politician Frits Bolkestein that “Dutch Jews had better emigrate to Israel” to avoid threat by Moroccan Muslims, Radio Netherlands Worldwide runs an article questioning whether “the Netherlands is too small for Muslims and Jews”. The article notes a decrease in incidents against Jews and Jewish institutions…

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