Geert Wilders, controversial anti-Islam leader of the Freedom Party (PVV) in the Netherlands, has announced that he is writing a book about how to combat Islam. Wilders told the Telegraaf in an interview that the book will be aimed primarily at the American market, noting his international ambitions in addition to his expectations of success…
December 9 2010 Telegraaf reports that the Ansar Al Mujahideen website, a mouthpiece for al-Qaeda worldwide carefully monitored by security services, is run by a group of Dutch Muslims. The site, registered with a Brussels PO Box, also includes an Arabic and a German section in addition to primarily English and Dutch articles. According to…
August 19 2010 The mail sorting center in Niewegein has posted rules which bar prayer during work and enforcing breaks at set times, Telegraaf reports. The rules pose a problem for Muslims who are fasting during Ramadan, as the evening shift break comes an hour before the end of fasting. While a worker reported that…
In advance of this week’s federal elections, Dutch student unions spoke to the Telegraaf about the potential effects of study grant reform in the country. Practicising Muslim students will be hit hard if the new cabinet replaces the current student grants with a system based on student loans. Student unions explained that Muslim students’, who…
Dutch newspaper the Telegraaf has refused this week to publish “unnecessarily offensive” drawings in its special election issue. The right wing Freedom Party (PVV) attempted to place the cartoons of Gregorius Nekschot, who was previously arrested for publishing work inciting hatred against Muslims, in its designated pages in the forthcoming newspaper edition. In response to…
