10 April 2012 A Dutch court has ruled in favour of the Rotterdam council, after it refused a Muslim lawyer a job for his refusal to shake hands with women. Mohammed Enait had applied for the job of client manager in the social services department, noting that he would not shake hands with women…
7 February 2012 An Islamic primary school in Rotterdam was evacuated due to a false bomb alert. Police were called after a woman entered the school, put down a bag, and shouted that she had a bomb. She was still on the property when the police arrived and was taken in for questioning. No…
December 17 2010 The Essalam Mosque in Rotterdam was opened by the city’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and city councilor Hamit Karakus on December 17. It is the largest mosque in the country, and opens after seven years of construction and considerable controversy surrounding the extent of “foreign influence” on the project. The building will serve…
October 14 2010 A Dutch-Iraqi man convicted in the US for conspiring to kill US soldiers has been released after a judge in Rotterdam reduced his 25 year prison sentence. Wesam al Delaema was the first suspect to face criminal charges in the US for terrorism in Iraq, having been extradited to the US from…
August 11 2010 A Dutch court has ruled that the city council of Rotterdam was within its legal rights in dismissing academic Tariq Ramadan in August 2009. The prominent Islamic philosopher lost his job as city integration officer due to participation in a television program for a broadcast company financed by Iran. Ramadan, who was…
