(Dutch News) Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema has spoken out about anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim sentiment in a wide-ranging interview with the Volkskrant, in which she reflected on a turbulent year in the capital’s history.
Halsema said she is “worried about human rights and the rule of law, particularly when some politicians are not too concerned themselves about the ban on discrimination.”
“Groups in our society that have been facing problems for decades are being hurt deeply again,” she said. “Pointing the finger at Muslims based on vague video images of dark-haired boys is discrimination, pure and simple.”
