In the past few weeks, markets in Rotterdam have experienced pickpockets by individuals dressed as religious Muslim women. The police does not have exact numbers on the cases of pickpocketing, but said that a ‘sharp increase’ has been noted by those dressing as fake Muslims. Police believe the individuals are mostly female Bulgarian or Romanian…
The Rotterdam Essalam administration is applying for a restrictive ban on five rebellious members of the organization. According to the administration, these five persons and their presence is leading to escalation within the mosque; this marks the first time that a mosque administration is trying to ban members from praying in their mosque, with the…
64-year old Ahmed Al Farroudi was stabbed to death on his way to the Rotterdam mosque, where he once served as imam. Shortly after, Moroccan Rotterdam resident Algemeen Dagblad was arrested for the crime. According to police, the victim and the attacker knew each other, and had quarreled before the fatal stabbing. According to bystanders,…
The Islamic secondary school in Ibn Ghaldoun in Rotterdam is refusing to pay back the 1.2 million euro that the State Secretary Van Bijsterveldt withdrew from the school. Nass, the furious school president said: We’re not going to pay that amount back. I’m giving nothing back because it’s not spent. We’ll fight this till the…
The halal supply chain in the Netherlands for products from Malaysia – a collaboration between Port Klang and the Port of Rotterdam – is expected to be established in six months. Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) director Bas Pulles said the halal supply chain at the Port of Rotterdam is needed to tap the growing…
