A former Dutch parliamentarian of Somali origin facing death threats for criticising Islam declined an asylum offer from Denmark on Tuesday, saying she wanted to return to the United States. “I am very touched and thank (Denmark) with all my heart,” said Ayaan Hirsi Ali in an interview with the Jyllands-Posten daily published Tuesday. “But…
[ By Leon de Winter in Amsterdam] Fear of fanatical Islamists prompted Ayaan Hirsi Ali to leave the Netherlands, her adopted home, and now she has been forced to return. Paying for her bodyguards in the United States is too expensive for the Dutch government — what a disgrace. There are exactly five people that…
MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Jos_ Luis Rodr_guez Zapatero on Friday downplayed the latest threat against Spain by the terrorist organisation Al Qaeda, saying the government was working hard to prevent attacks against Spanish interests. “We’ve been receiving more or less explicit threats for a long time now (and) it’s nothing new although this time…
Swedish artist Lars Vilks is taking no chances. After a cartoon he drew of the Prophet Muhammad was published, the cartoonist received death threats and has temporarily gone into hiding under police protection.
Dutch ex-Muslim youth have united under a new organization in Amsterdam, the Central Committee for Ex-Muslims, according reports on Wednesday. Ehsan Jami, one of the founders of the committee and a city council member for the PvdA Labour Party in Leidschendam-Voorburg, a small city near The Hague, said the committee aimed to help other so-called…
