Denk Party (Netherlands) – Eye on Islamism

Dutch lawmakers call on gov’t to ban terror-linked Samidoun NGO 'Organizations like Samidoun, which spread antisemitism and glorify terror, do not belong in the Netherlands,' sponsors of the resolution said.

October 9, 2024 Akiva Van Koningsveld

(JNS) The Dutch House of Representatives approved a resolution on Tuesday calling on their government to designate the Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a terrorist organization and ban its activities in the country. The measure, submitted by opposition lawmakers from the […]

Parliament shoots down Arnhem mayor’s ban on Quran desecration

September 4, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, is against Arnhem mayor Ahmed Marcouch’s call for a national ban on Quran desecration. According to the parliamentarians, an attempted Quran burning by anti-Islam movement Pegida did […]

PVV asylum minister Faber retracts ‘replacement theory’ comments

June 24, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Prospective asylum minister Marjolein Faber has retracted her use of Nazi-era language on immigration, but insisted her concerns about the impact of asylum on the “demographics of the Netherlands” were well founded. The PVV MP came under intense questioning over […]

Wilders calls Islam ‘reprehensible’ in same breath as promise to protect Muslim freedoms

February 14, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders says he wanted to stand up for the freedom of all Dutch people, including those with a Muslim background. He thinks it is “fine” that they visit mosques and read the Koran and calls that “a […]

Arnhem mayor wants to argue for a ban on Quran desecration

January 25, 2024 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Arnhem Mayor Ahmed Marcouch plans to firmly press national politicians for a national ban on Quran burnings. He thinks such a burning is “a poisonous act that leads to others being provoked,” he said on Wednesday during a City Council […]

Wilders behind bars in DENK’s election program

October 25, 2023 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Geert Wilders got a prominent place in DENK’s election program published on Tuesday. On the fourth page of the 104-page document, the PVV leader is depicted behind bars with the text: severely punish Muslim hatred. The message is part of […]

Dutch migrant party boycotts Israel commemoration in parliament

October 12, 2023 Benedikt Stöckl

(Euractiv) Dutch migrant party DENK boycotted a commemorative event in parliament for the victims of the recent Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel after Palestinian victims were not included. Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD/Renew) invited Israeli Ambassador Modi Ephraim to the event, […]

Muslim org. sues Dutch state over Tilburg man in Spanish custody for terrorism

September 14, 2023 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Muslim Rights Watch Nederland is suing the Dutch state over a Tilburg man who has been in custody in Spain for over six weeks on terrorism accusations. According to the organization, the state has taken no action to get the […]

Muslim groups ask The Hague to stop Pegida’s plan to burn Korans at Turkish embassy

August 18, 2023 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) DENK and four organizations representing Muslims and Dutch people of Turkish origin asked Mayor Jan van Zanen of The Hague to ban a “threatening hate action” that Pegida wants to hold in the city on Friday. The anti-Islam movement announced […]

Police appoint controversial mosque infiltrator to fight discrimination

June 1, 2023 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The police appointed the man previously used by municipalities to infiltrate mosques to help tackle racism, discrimination, and exclusion in the police organization. Mosque administrators are stunned. Controle Alt Delete, an organization that fights ethnic profiling and police brutality, broke […]

Eindhoven [cinema] halts The Kerala Story showings after threats

May 27, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Eindhoven cinema LAB-1 has stopped selling tickets for a controversial Indian film because its staff are being harassed. The cinema has been showing The Kerala Story, about radical Muslim women, for the past two weeks but, a spokesman told broadcaster NOS, cinema […]

Amsterdam mayor scraps LGBTI+ statement after backlash from mosques

October 29, 2022 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema has canceled the planned statement of support for the LGBTI+ community that she asked local mosques to sign earlier in the month. This was a response to criticism from mosque leaders, who believed the mayor’s request […]

Denk, PVV furious about secret counter-terrorism reports

May 3, 2022 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) The party leaders of Denk and PVV are furious about a series of secret reports from the National Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism (NCTV), which qualified them as polarizing political parties. Party leaders Farid Azarkan (Denk) and Geert Wilders (PVV) […]

Counter-terrorism boss called DENK Muslim mouthpiece, PVV radicalizer in secret reports

May 3, 2022 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) For years, national counter-terrorism coordinator NCTV reported on “polarising” political parties in confidential reports to municipalities, police, ministries, and foreign intelligence services, NRC reports based on 159 internal reports received through the Open Government (Public Access) Act. In some reports, […]

A bridge too far? Leefbaar Rotterdam mull four-way coalition with Denk

April 5, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Dutch News) Right-wing populist party Leefbaar Rotterdam is in talks to lead a four-way coalition in the port city with the support of Denk, whose support is concentrated in the city’s Turkish minority. The unorthodox partnership would also include the two liberal […]

DENK: The Dutch party offering a new form of Dutch politics DENK is a multicultural party that aims to introduce a new way of doing politics in the Netherlands, and provide a counter-voice to growing intolerance.

March 13, 2021 Jasper Hamann

(Morocco World News) Dutch political party DENK spoke with Morocco World News to explain how they want to do things differently and what sets them apart. Amid turbulent times in Europe, the Netherlands is organizing a national parliamentary election on March 17. […]

Wilders sparks outrage with tweet over Covid, minorities

October 12, 2020 Unlisted Author

(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders sparked outrage on social media with a tweet about coronavirus patients with a non-Western background. According to Wilders, the treatments of “Henk and Ingrid” are being postponed, because ICU beds are occupied by “Mohamed and Fatima” […]

New Swedish Islamist party wants to grant Muslims ‘special minority’ status

January 24, 2020 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) A newly formed Swedish political party has proposed making all Muslims in Sweden a “special minority,” claiming that Muslims suffer daily from violence and verbal attacks. The Nyans Party say they want Muslims in Sweden to be recognised in the same […]