(NL Times) A parliamentary investigation into unwanted influence from abroad must not only focus on Islam and mosques, but should also look into foreign money flows to political parties, churches and synagogues, four Islamic organizations asked in a letter to Tweede Kamer president Khadija Arib, NOS reports.
“The letter is a final attempt to point out what we think is wrong with the investigation,” Abdelhamid Bouzzit, mosque administrator of the Imam Malik Islamic Center in Leiden, said to the broadcaster. He said that an investigation into whether there is foreign influence is “very logical,” and that mosques and their attendees are the first to want an answer. But a broader view is needed. “Do not only tackle Muslims and Islam, because then you push them even more into the suspect’s corner, but also look at the influence of the Vatican, for example.”
