Date of source: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Dutch authorities recently blocked the transmission of al-Manār Channel, owned by the Lebanese Hizb Allāh and the Iranian Sahar TV1, arguing that they spread "hate, encourage the radicalization of Muslims, and glorify terrorist attacks."
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Dutch authorities recently blocked the transmission of Saudi Iqra’ [Read] TV and Iranian al-‘Ālam (the World), arguing that the channels encourage radicalism and promote anti-Semitism.
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.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
Dr. Abu Zayd states that it is not surprising that no Egyptian universities were listed among the top 500 universities in the world, given that they have been in decline since the 1960s, when the security authorities tightened their grip on universities.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
A German province has given all Muslim applicants for a German nationality a "loyalty test” to examine their ability to integrate into German society.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Dutch Prime Minister, Jan Peter Balkenende has harshly criticized some members of opposition parties for linking Islam to crime during their electoral propaganda.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
After the September 11, 2001 incidents, a fierce war on terror has started and it even grew fiercer with after the Madrid 11, 2004 bombings. Some believed that the terror networks have been diluted, only to be shocked by the July 7, 2005 bombings in the heart of London, which revealed the emergence...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
New Dutch citizens would legally be required to participate in ’citizenship’ ceremonies and to take an oath of allegiance, stressing that they will enjoy the same rights, but also owe the state the same duties as any other citizen.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd, a celebrated modern scholar of Qur’ānic studies, who fled to the Netherlands after the Egyptian courts ordered that he be forcibly divorced from his wife on charges of apostasy, argues for reform of religious thought and an end to corruption.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2005
A discussion of declining church attendance in the Netherlands.