“Dutch author and sociologist Ruud Koopmans said this week that Muslims are more difficult to integrate into Western society than other migrant groups because of a literal interpretation of the Quran prevalent among Muslims.” Koopmans called this a “threat to world peace.” Most Muslims agree that “Muslims should return to the roots of Islam,” while […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Van Klaveren Converted — Should We Be Disconcerted? (Part Three)
The latest revert to make a splash is Joram van Klaveren, like van Doorn a member of the PVV Party who was close to Wilders himself. His story is the most dramatic, for he had in the past campaigned ad nauseam in the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament against Islam in the Netherlands, calling […]
Sharia Netherlands: College suspends teacher for insulting Muhammad
“You said that Mohammed was married to an eight-year-old girl, and that in the Netherlands a grown man who marries a girl of eight is seen as a pedophile.” Strictly speaking, the teacher was wrong: Muhammad married Aisha when she was six, and consummated the marriage (i.e., raped her) when she was nine. Hassan’s admission […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Van Klaveren Converted — Should We Be Disconcerted? (Part Two)
There are several possible reasons why these three — the German Arthur Wagner, and the two Dutchmen Arnaud van Doorn and Joram van Klaveren — decided to convert to Islam after having been well known as islamocritics. One is the reason Muslims favor: despite their “Islamophobic” backgrounds, these “reverters” had all been struck by the […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Van Klaveren Converted — Should We Be Disconcerted? (Part One)
The news several weeks ago that Joram van Klaveren, once a right-hand man to Geert Wilders in the Dutch Freedom Party, has converted to Islam, has disconcerted many. For he is the third person in the last few years to go from being a member of an anti-Islam party to converting to Islam. Van Klaveren […]
Netherlands: Muslims got firearms training, plotted “major” jihad massacre with “dozens of victims”
They claim that they were entrapped. Could you be entrapped into trying to commit mass murder? Neither could I. “Dozens could’ve died in foiled terrorist attack, Prosecutor says,” by Janene Pieters, NLTimes, January 10, 2019 (thanks to David): The Netherlands escaped a terrorist attack that could’ve resulted in “dozens of victims” with the arrest of […]
EU: Bitter row escalates over Netherlands’ refusal to take in migrants
The Netherlands have exposed a growing division in the European Union after refusing to take in migrants who were rescued in the Mediterranean unless other member states are willing to do the same. The change in some European countries from a big open-door welcome to migrants to the closing of borders is an increasing problem […]
Netherlands: Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” claims to have bomb at airport, terminal evacuated on New Year’s Eve
He apparently didn’t actually have a bomb, but that could be because his objective was only to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). #BREAKING: Police cordon off parts of Schiphol airport’s Terminal 3 in Amesterdam after a man claimed he has a bomb. Additional unconfirmed reports state he shouted "Allahu akbar" Bomb […]
Video from the Netherlands: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” throw fireworks at police, who quickly retreat
It’s already shaping up to be a year full of the marvels of multiculturalism. Zojuist op het #AnnaBlamanplein in #DenHaag. Jongeren scholden de politie uit, riepen 'allahu akbar' en gooiden met vuurwerk richting de agenten. pic.twitter.com/HJhn4Dbj5n — Regio15.nl (@regio15) December 31, 2018 “Just now on the #AnnaBlamanplein in #DenHaag [The Hague]. Young people scold the […]
Netherlands: Labour Party opposed anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims
Welcome to the new, multicultural Europe. “Chief rabbi says Dutch Labour Party opposed an anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims,” JTA, November 30, 2018: AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said he was “shocked” that the Labour Party rejected a motion calling for the adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, saying its vote aimed […]