Turkish President Concludes State Visit to the Netherlands

19 April 2012   Turkish President Abdullah Gül has completed a three day state visit to the Netherlands to commemorate 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. The visited included a state banquet in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix praised Turkey as an “inspiration and example” and stressed the history of peaceful…

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Dutch Queen and Princess Cover Heads for Mosque Visit

8 January 2012 Considerable press attention has followed an appearance by Queen Beatrix and Princess Maxima in long robes and head coverings during a visit to the biggest mosque in the United Arab Emirates. The Queen tucked a blue headscarf around her hat at the Sheikh Zayed grand mosque as part of the 50th state…

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Project Surveys Dutch Women About Headscarves

18 November 2011 A large scale project in the Netherlands, entitled Hoofdboek, aims to provide an overview of the lives of Dutch Muslim women wearing the headscarves. The project will involve a book, survey, traveling exhibition and social media platform. The National Headscarf Survey component of the project has been conducted by Motivaction and interviewed…

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Man Invokes Allah During Amsterdam Concert Disturbance

4 September 2011   A concert attended by Dutch Queen Beatrix was interrupted by a man who walked on stage to announce “I’m sorry. In the name of Allah the merciful. I’m sorry. This is not the way.” He then announced that he was Jesus Christ, assured the audience he did not have a bomb,…

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