Three Men Arrested for ‘Armed Jihad’
30 November 2012 Rotterdam police arrested three Muslim men planning to travel to Syria to engage in ‘armed jihad’. The men’s homes contained weapons, farewell letters, and packed rucksacks. Aged 22,...
View Article‘Halal Homes’ Discussion n the Netherlands
25 November 2012 Dutch newspaper Parool last week covered designs for Amsterdam apartments by the Eigen Hard housing corporation which accommodate the needs of some Muslim families. The apartments...
View ArticleNetherlands Threat From Jihad Remains Limited
19 December 2012 The potential threatening impact of jihadist activity on the Netherlands remains “limited and indirect”, according to the National Terrorist Threat Assessment provided to the country’s...
View ArticleHofstad Group Member Granted Prison Leave
16 January 2012 A member of the Hofstad group has been granted a supervised leave while serving his eight year jail sentence in the Netherlands. Jason Walters, a convert to Islam with an American...
View ArticleDoug Saunders, “The Myth of the Muslim Tide”
In his book “The Myth of the Muslim Tide”, Doug Saunders puts theories from critics of immigration under the microscope. He talked to Aygül Cizmecioglu about extremism, xenophobia and successful...
View ArticleFewer Immigrants to the Netherlands
7 February 2013 The latest figures from the Netherlands Central Statistic Bureau reveal that the number of new immigrants arriving in the country in 2012 was 156,000, only 7,000 more than the number...
View ArticleDutch Ministry Figures on Female Circumcision
6 February 2013 According to the Dutch Health Ministry, efforts in the Netherlands to eradicate female circumcision are proving effective. While exact figures are unavailable, Pharos research...
View ArticleImam Training Program Closes in the Netherlands
8 February 2013 Inholland College has announced that it will close its program offering professional training to become an Imam. The college attributes the closure to budget cuts, stating that with...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Suspect to be Extradited to US from Netherlands
26 February 2013 Sabir Khan, a Dutch Pakistani al-Qaeda suspect, is to be extradited to the United States, where he is accused of planning acts of terror. The decision follows a decision by...
View ArticleNetherlands Raises Terror Threat Level From Limited to Substantial
March 13 2013 The Dutch National Counterterrorist and Safety Coordinator (NCTV) has raised the threat of a terror attack in the Netherlands from “limited” to “substantial”. The government’s...
View ArticleDutch-Turkish MPs Call for Muslim Foster Parents to “Take Responsibility”
March 18 2013 Two Dutch MPs of Turkish origin have called on more Muslim families to volunteer as foster parents. The comments follow recent unease in Turkey about a lesbian couple fostering a boy...
View ArticleMigrants to the Netherlands Send 8 Billion Euros Home Annually
April 4 2013 New research from the Dutch National Bank indicates that migrants send at least 8 billion euros a year to their countries of origin, mostly Turkey, Morocco, the Antillean Islands,...
View ArticleNew Islamic Broadcaster for the Netherlands
April 13 2013 A new Muslim broadcaster in the Netherlands has been granted the provision of radio and TV programmes. The Commissariat for the Media has granted broadcaster SZM a license valid through...
View Article“Dutch Integration Test is a Barrier to Integration”
April 16 2013 Research by Ricky van Oers of Radbound University suggests that the citizenship which immigrants have to take to live in the Netherlands or to acquire Dutch nationality has the opposite...
View ArticleHundreds of fighters going to Syria ‘a threat to EU’
Speaking to the European Parliament’s home affairs committee, the EU’s anti-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove said the departure of hundreds of young Europeans to fight in Syria poses “a serious threat”...
View Article16 Year Old From Netherlands Apprehended Travelling to Syria
May 17 2013 A tip from Dutch security service AIVD led police to stop a 16-year-old girl from leaving the Netherlands to fight in Syria, according to NRC. A police spokesperson says the teenager was...
View ArticleUnderage Girl Married in Islamic Ceremony in the Netherlands
May 14 2013 According to De Volkskrant, during a meeting on honor-related violence held by the social affairs ministry, police announced that they had supported an underage girl’s Islamic marriage....
View ArticleNetherlands Most Likely EU Country to Grant Asylum Seekers Residency
24 May 2013 The Netherlands is more likely to give asylum seekers residency papers than the rest of the European Union, according to the head of the Dutch immigration service. In 2012, 13,650 people...
View ArticleNewspaper Identifies “Sharia Triangle” in the Hague
20 May 2013 Claim by newspaper Trouw that part of The Hague’s Schilderswijk district is so dominated by orthodox Muslims that they are dictating what people should wear and how they should behave, have...
View ArticleDutch Muslims Polled for Support of Youth Fighting in Syria
May 29 2013 Dutch television show Altijd Wat has broadcast a poll stating that almost 75% of Dutch Muslims consider youth travelling to Syria to fight against Assad’s regime to be heroes. The...
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