(NL Times) A majority in Dutch parliament wants to ban foreign financing of mosques in the Netherlands. The VVD, PVV, ChristenUnie, SGP, and FvD previously expressed support for such a ban. The SP now joined them, bringing the call for a ban to a parliamentary majority, RTL Nieuws reports.
A special parliamentary committee previously concluded that non-free countries may try to influence the Muslim community in the Netherlands by financing mosques and encouraging them to teach undemocratic ideas. “The fact is that in a visible and invisible way, organizations and governments of un-free countries are trying to get into the minds and hearts of our Muslim communities. This can create parallel communities,” the committee said, defining un-free countries as countries that reject the Dutch core values of freedoms.
