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Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Unknown persons threw a bomb at a mosque in Venlo in the Netherlands. A synagogue in Antwerp, Belgium was attacked with molotov cocktails. The Belgian police detained the president of the Arab-European Association. The police suspected him as one of the leaders causing riots in Belgium.
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2002
Thousands of Dutch people showed their interest to join the Muslim community in the Netherlands in fasting for Ramadan. They sent e-mails to Arabic and Islamic internet sites asking about the times of beginning and ending and the morals, the benefits and the main aim of fasting.
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2002
Some members of the Dutch parliament asked the Ministry of Public Security to close some Islamic schools in the Netherlands. They claim that these schools do not respect the Dutch laws. The ministry decided to close these schools if they prove unable to integrate within Dutch society.
Date of source: Monday, October 7, 2002
The mother of a 13-year-old Dutch girl claims that eight Turkish persons raped her daughter because she refused to go out with them for a ride and preferred to accompany some Moroccan friends.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Forty imams in the Netherlands recently attended a three-day course on Dutch customs and traditions. Now they will undergo mandatory courses on the Dutch language and the values and norms of the Dutch society. Imams have to pass these courses with a certain percentage otherwise they will be...
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2002
. Members of the Dutch parliament recommend that Muslim imams must be given courses on the Dutch language and traditions, especially as some of them urge Muslim youths in the Netherlands to join the armed jihad and avenge the enemies of Islam
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2002
The Dutch parliament ended its discussions about the crisis that NOVA TV station caused recently regarding the situation of the Muslim community in the Netherlands, its relations with extremism and the imams´ role in this. The majority of parliamentary members voted in favor of a resolution to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 22, 2002
An imam from one of the mosques of the Netherlands signed a document making assurances not to attack Western countries or to call for revenge on them in his Friday sermons. This comes after a large number of people presented a complaint to the government in which they expressed their fear of the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006
Dutch authorities have recently opened special prisons for Muslim fundamentalists for fear that they might influence their fellow prisoners.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Maxim Farrakhan [Reviewer: name not verified] of the Christen Democratisch Appأ¨l (CDA) [the Dutch Christian Democratic Political Party] has called for investigating and prosecuting Muslim clerics who incite violence against women.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.