(Dutch News) Geert Wilders has ratcheted up his threat to bring down the government over asylum, warning that his PVV party will leave the coalition unless the other parties adopt six of the 10 points in his latest plan for stricter immigration […]
(NL Times) In a letter to customers on Tuesday, ING apologized for years of discrimination in the bank’s anti-money laundering and terrorism financing policy. The bank says the discrimination was unintentional, but promised to ask fewer questions to customers, at least when […]
(Dutch News) Geert Wilders has threatened to pull his far-right PVV party out of the Dutch government unless the cabinet drastically steps up measures to cut asylum within weeks. Wilders called on the four coalition parties to renegotiate the deal that they […]
(NL Times) Two men attempted to attack a suspect during a hearing at the court in Utrecht on Thursday. Officers were able to restrain the two men before they got to Mohamed B., who is accused of destroying 117 graves at the […]
(NL Times) Nine new Islamic primary schools will open in the Netherlands next year, the highest number so far in one year, Trouw reported. The country is getting at least 14 new primary schools. Among them are also two Protestant Christian schools […]
(Euronews) In the heart of Germany’s capital, a heated political debate has reignited over the boundaries of religious freedom in the public sphere. The Bundestag’s Green Party group has submitted a motion to abolish Berlin’s Neutrality Act (“Neutralitätsgesetz”), a law that prohibits […]
(NL Times) Of the 14 mostly minor suspects arrested last week on suspicion of incitement to terrorism on social media, ten are still in custody. The other four have been released from custody without arraignment, but remain suspects in the case, said […]
(Reuters) Iran’s ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned on Thursday after the Dutch intelligence agency said it suspected Tehran of being behind two assassination attempts in Europe, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. The Dutch general intelligence agency, known as the AIVD, said […]
(NL Times) Fourteen individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 were arrested across the Netherlands on Tuesday in connection with multiple investigations into incitement to terrorism through social media. Some of the suspects are minors, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution […]
(NL Times) The United States has issued a 5-million-dollars reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Khadra Essa, a Somali-Dutch woman believed to be a key figure in the terrorist organization ISIS, RTL reports. According to the U.S. Department of State, […]
(NL Times) The Ulu Mosque in Utrecht is annoyed by a bill by SGP and JA21 to ban amplified calls to prayer. According to the conservative Christian and far-right parties, the Islamic call to prayer causes unrest and alienation. According to the […]
(NL Times) Dutch lawmakers are calling for a tougher crackdown on female genital mutilation (FGM), proposing a new law that would make it a criminal offense to promote or glorify the practice. The move comes as fresh data reveals that over 4,200 […]
(NL Times) The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has ordered the minister of social affairs and employment to delete all the illegally gathered personal data that the ministry has of members of Muslim communities. The data was obtained via secret investigations, which […]
(NL Times) Edwin Wagensveld, leader of the far-right anti-Islam movement, set fire to a Quran in central Amsterdam on Thursday evening, in front of the Stopera municipal building. Wagensveld, a prominent figure in the movement that opposes the influence of Islam in […]
(NL Times) A 32-year-old man from North Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financing terrorism through Bitcoin transactions and violating the Dutch Sanctions Act. The arrest was made and reported by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). Authorities searched […]
(NL Times) The Dutch government cannot revoke the citizenship of a man born in Amsterdam with dual Dutch and Moroccan nationality who was previously convicted of terrorist offenses, [a] court ruled. The decision states that stripping his Dutch nationality would violate the […]
(Times of Israel) A criminal court in Amsterdam on Wednesday sentenced four perpetrators of a “Jew hunt” in November to prison terms ranging from 11 days to three months. The four defendants were part of a group of as many as several […]
(NL Times) Four men were convicted on Wednesday for crimes committed before and after a football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv FC of Israel. The harshest sentence given was the 12-week stint in prison that a 27-year-old man was ordered […]
(NL Times) Deputy Prime Minister Mona Keijzer will not be prosecuted for saying that “hatred of Jews is almost part of the culture” in Islamic countries, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled in a procedure trying to force prosecution. The BBB minister […]
(Dutch News) Asylum minister Marjolein Faber has rejected a plan by MPs to allow Syrians in the Netherlands to return home temporarily without losing their asylum status. Parliament voted for the temporary measure to give Syrians the chance to visit their homeland […]
(NL Times) A 20-year-old Syrian man residing in Rotterdam was arrested on March 7 in Apeldoorn on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organization and planning a terrorist attack. The arrest was carried out without incident by the Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI), […]
(Yabiladi) Every Ramadan, a debate resurfaces among football enthusiasts and professionals about introducing breaks to allow Muslim players to break their fast. This year, several federations and leagues worldwide are extending this exceptional measure, while others, such as in France, have remained silent […]
(NL Times) A 24-year-old man from Venray was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses, including making threats involving a terrorist act and distributing incendiary materials. The suspect came to the attention of Dutch authorities earlier [last] month after Belgian police raised […]
(NL Times) The National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) is aware of a report from Germany that terrorists may be targeting Festival de Liebe at Ahoy in Rotterdam on March 7 and 8. The Rotterdam authorities are also looking into it. […]
(DPA) Four suspected members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas went on trial in Berlin on Tuesday, accused of having maintained secret weapons depots for the radical Islamist organization in several European countries. “For the first time in Germany, people are facing […]
(NL Times) Students across the Netherlands are reporting bans on prayer during school hours, with some even facing punishments for attempting to pray at school. Over 180 secondary schools have been named by students who say they are not allowed to pray […]
(DPA) Islamists have used social networks to call for attacks, including during the Cologne carnival, Martin Lotz, head of the Cologne police’s carnival operations, told dpa. He said that these kinds of statement[s] also aimed at unsettling the population and that the […]
(JNS) Thousands of Dutch Islamists gathered in the central city of Utrecht in the Netherlands over the weekend to hear speeches by three extremist imams The Hague had unsuccessfully sought to ban. During the two-day “Ramadan Expo” at the Jaarbeurs Exposition Center, […]
(NL Times) The court in The Hague has scrapped the Dutch government’s decision to deny entry to the Netherlands to three Islamic preachers invited to speak at the Ramadan Expo in Utrecht this week. According to the court, the government did not […]
(NL Times) [A] court has sentenced four men to 25 years in prison for the murder of Roshin, a 28-year-old Apeldoorn woman. The court found that the men — two brothers and two cousins of the victim — conspired to kill her […]
(Dutch News) Police in Rotterdam have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of posting jihadist propaganda on social media. The man was arrested at his home where police found images of him wearing a balaclava and carrying a machete. These were confiscated […]
(NL Times) Three “extremist speakers” who were to be guests at an event in Utrecht this weekend will not be granted entry into the country. The minister of justice and security, David van Weel, and minister of asylum and migration, Marjolein Faber, […]
(JNS) A judge in The Hague last week dismissed the legal defense of an asylum seeker from Gaza who had claimed that his destruction of a wreath for Holocaust survivors last year was not motivated by antisemitism. The defendant, Muayad A., and […]
(NL Times) Rabobank used potentially discriminatory criteria to identify possible terrorist financing in customer transactions, according to an internal document from 2017 obtained by Argos. The document outlined transactions flagged for further scrutiny, including the purchase of visas for Turkey, Islamic clothing, […]
(NL Times) The FIOD arrested a 57-year-old man from Velsen last month for banking without a permit, terrorist financing, and violating the sanctions law. According to the FIOD, the man has been involved in hawala banking since 2017, receiving and paying out […]
(AFP) Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders threatened on Monday to force early elections if a landmark immigration bill did not pass quickly despite the country’s top advisory body calling for an overhaul. For months the shaky coalition governing the Netherlands has been […]
(NL Times) The Dutch government will make another attempt to establish an accredited imam training program in the Netherlands, State Secretary Jurgen Nobel (Participation and Integration) announced in a letter to the Tweede Kamer. He called it “undesirable” that Dutch Muslims still […]
(NL Times) The municipality of Almere violated Muslims’ fundamental rights to privacy and freedom of religion with its secret infiltration of mosques a few years ago, the ombudsman of the Amsterdam metropolitan region said in a report published on Tuesday. The ombudsman […]
(Brussels Times) A man suspected of helping to deliver the weapon used in the Brussels terror attack in October 2023 was arrested last week in the Netherlands. The attack claimed the lives of two Swedish football supporters. A person was arrested in […]
(NL Times) Mayor Marja van Bijsterveldt is under fire for commissioning a covert investigation into the Islamic community of Delft in 2017, a move she admitted on a secretly recorded tape was made without specific cause. The recording, obtained by the Algemeen […]
(NL Times) The K9, a coalition of regional mosque umbrella organizations in the Netherlands, is considering taking legal action against De Telegraaf, citing the newspaper’s alleged ongoing negative coverage of Muslims. The K9 claims the newspaper’s articles contribute to incitement and the […]
(NL Times) An underage refugee can lose his asylum permit more quickly after a conviction for a serious offense against public order, such as public violence or membership in a terrorist organization. Minister Marjolein Faber of Asylum and Migration wants to complete […]
(NL Times) The Netherlands is planning on eventually forcing asylum seekers from Syria to return home, the Ministry of Asylum and Migration told RTL Nieuws. The ministry wants to follow Germany and Austria’s examples with this. Both countries recently announced that they […]
(NL Times) VVD Member of the Tweede Kamer Ulysse Ellian revealed he was intimidated by the Iranian government, describing a threatening email from the Iranian embassy in The Hague that suggested the regime was monitoring him. The email, sent over three years […]
(NL Times) The new political party De Vonk in Amsterdam has caused controversy by inviting the leader of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to the launch of their political movement, De Telegraaf reported. Mohammed Khatib has been banned from the Netherlands […]
(NL Times) Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), pushed back against King Willem-Alexander’s Christmas speech, following the monarch’s direct appeal to Muslim and Jewish citizens in the country. “The Netherlands is ours, proud of our culture, our customs, […]
(NL Times) The first five men brought to trial for rioting in Amsterdam that targeted Israeli and Jewish football fans were found guilty on various charges related to the violence. The District Court in Amsterdam handed out sentences of up to six […]
(NL Times) Pieter Omtzigt, leader of New Social Contract (NSC), and Caroline van der Plas, leader of the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), publicly debated on Sunday over whether a proposed Quran ban had been part of coalition negotiations. The discussion followed comments made […]
(NL Times) The 22-year-old man arrested for stabbing people at random at the foot of the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam said he was in a state of psychosis at the time of the incident. The Public Prosecution Service currently suspects that Ayoub […]
(Dutch News) Immigration minister Marjolein Faber has finalised three pieces of legislation that will be put to the vote in Friday’s cabinet meeting, broadcaster NOS has reported. Ministers have already given their informal blessing to the plans, sources in The Hague told […]
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