Tag: van der Laan
Jews and Muslims gather in Amsterdam to reflect on Paris attacks
Last Tuesday about a hundred people joined to reflect on the attacks in Paris. Lody van de Kamp, member of the initiative Salaam-Shalom arranged...
Amsterdam to Encourage Ethnic Minorities to Vote in Local Elections
January 10, 2014
Amsterdam’s city council plans to spend 400,000Euros encouraging ethnic minorities to vote in the upcoming local elections. Turnout in local elections is usually 50%...
Pro- and Anti- Wilders Demonstrations in Amsterdam
October 30 2010
Amsterdam saw several demonstrations around controversial anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on October 30, 2010. The radical right wing English Defence League travelled...
Birthday Mail Criticism for Dutch Intercultural Communications Advisor
September 8 2010
Intercultural communications advisor Jihad Alariachi faced criticism from Amsterdam’s mayor for her comments supporting the rejection of “religious-type” holidays including birthdays. Alariachi...
