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Government & Politics

Influence of Erdogan’s rhetoric in NL under investigation

February 15, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Dutch counterterrorism authority NCTV confirmed it is investigating how the politics and rhetoric of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could impact the Netherlands, domestic security concerns, and the Dutch-Turkish community. On Monday, newspaper HP/De Tijd reported that a confidential NCTV […]

Health & Medicine

Anti-radicalisation experts are dealing with dozens of calls a month

February 6, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Concerns about a growing number of people prone to adopting radical ideas are highlighted due to the coronavirus. The National Support Center for Extremism (LSE) would receive a report about radicalization once a month before the pandemic; now there are […]

Arts & Entertainment

Intelligence service launched six-part podcast on investigating terrorist threats

January 30, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) On Monday, the Netherlands’ general intelligence service AIVD kicked off a new series called De Dienst — a six-part podcast describing how the agency tracks down terrorists and investigates terrorist threats. This is the first time that the agency details how […]

Banks & Banking

Bankers not punished for looking up details of suspect in Utrecht tram attack

January 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) On the day of a terrorist attack on a tram in Utrecht, seven bank employees looked up the details of the suspected terrorist in the bank systems, thereby violating the bankers’ oath. The Banks Disciplinary Commission on Tuesday decided not […]

Government & Politics

MPs want to ban foreign funding of Dutch mosques

January 14, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Clothing

PVV releases election program: ‘country without headscarfs, but with traditional Dutch coziness’

January 9, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) The Freedom Party (PVV) presented its election program on Saturday. The party’s points of view are explained in over 50 pages, with keywords such as culture and traditions, care and safety, and climate realism. In the preface, the party leader […]

News: Europe

Female jihadist reported to Dutch consulate in Turkey for return to NL

November 27, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Angela B., a Dutch woman who left for Syria to join terrorist movement ISIS in 2014, reported to the Dutch consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, this week, insiders confirmed to NU.nl after reports in Dutch media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

Clerics & Preachers

Dutch gov’t to tackle foreign donations, influence on mosques

November 23, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) The government came up with a plan of action to tackle problematic behavior caused by unwanted foreign influence on social and religious organizations in the Netherlands. The intentions and goals of people donating money to Dutch organizations will be more […]

Government & Politics

FvD wants to install wiretapping equipment in Salafist mosques

November 15, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Forum for Democracy, a conservative political party, wants to install wiretapping equipment in Salafist mosques if there is a suspicion of criminal offenses. That is what FvD Member of Parliament Theo Hiddema said in the television program WNL on Sunday. […]

Academics & Education

Two more teens arrested in case of teacher threatened over Islamic terror cartoon

November 7, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Police in Rotterdam arrested two more suspects on Saturday as part of the investigation into threats made against a schoolteacher at the Emmauscollege. The apprehended suspects include an 18-year-old man from The Hague and a 17-year-old boy from Amsterdam. They were suspected […]

Academics & Education

Suspect arrested in case around threatened Rotterdam teacher

November 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) The police arrested an 18-year-old woman from Rotterdam on Friday morning in the investigation into threats made against a local teacher over a cartoon he had in his classroom. The young woman is suspected of incitement, the police said. “The […]

Academics & Education

Rotterdam teacher in hiding over Islamic terror cartoon: report

November 5, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) A teacher from the Emmauscollege in Rotterdam went into hiding because he was threatened over a cartoon that hung in his classroom, according to newspaper NRC. The cartoon was drawn by cartoonist Joep Bertram about the attack on satire magazine […]

Interfaith

Man arrested for planning attack on Pride Amsterdam

November 3, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) The police arrested a man in August on suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist attack in the Netherlands, NU.nl reported based on charges filed by the Public Prosecution Service (OM). One of [the] suspect’s potential targets was Pride Amsterdam, […]

Law Enforcement

Two convicted in terrorist plot against Rotterdam police station

October 31, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Two men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack against a police station in Rotterdam were convicted and sentenced to prison on Thursday. Ahmed B. was handed a prison term of eight years, and his alleged accomplice, Mouad M., was ordered […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

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” […]

Legal

Up to 17 years in prison for planning terrorist attack in Netherlands

October 8, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) On Thursday, the court in Rotterdam sentenced a group of men to up to 17 years in prison for preparing a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands. The group, who came to be known as the 27 September cell, was […]

Legal

Convicted Dutch terrorist helped 12 women escape ISIS camps, prosecutor says

September 24, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(NL Times) Former member of the Hofstad group and convicted terrorist Samir A. helped at least 12 women who are on the national terrorism sanction list escape from ISIS camps in Syria, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said in the court in Rotterdam […]

Government & Politics

Al-Qaeda group issues threat against Geert Wilders: report

September 15, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Terrorist movement al-Qaeda recently threatened various persons and organizations, including Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, NOS reports based on a statement in the hands of French newspaper Le Monde. The statement was written by the Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), […]

Government & Politics

Wilders hate speech convictions: Mixed results in appeal over ‘fewer Moroccans’ case

September 4, 2020 Zack Newmark  

(NL Times) The Court of Appeal in The Hague ruled that populist politician Geert Wilders was rightly found guilty of insulting a race of people during a political rally held on the eve of elections in the Netherlands in 2014, but acquitted the political […]

Government & Politics

Ruling in Wilders hate speech appeal today

September 4, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) After a process that lasted six years, the court of appeals will rule in the hate-speech trial against populist politician Geert Wilders, leader of far-right party PVV, on Friday. Wilders is accused of group insult and incitement to discrimination by […]

Government & Politics

Wilders wants hate speech acquittal based on letter from cop, recent riots

August 24, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) During the last day of hearings in the appeal of the hate speech trial against PVV leader Geert Wilders, the politician called for the case against him to be dropped, or that he at least be acquitted. According to Wilders, […]

Law Enforcement

Convicted jihadist arrested for terrorism financing

July 31, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Samir A., a convicted member of terrorist organization Hofstadgroep, was arrested in Rotterdam at the end of June on suspicion of terrorism financing, his lawyer Tamara Buruma said to NOS. He is suspected of raising money for women and children […]

Children & Teens

Dutch state does not have to help women, children trapped in Syria: Supreme Court

June 26, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The Dutch state does not have to repatriate women and children currently trapped in camps in Syria or Iraq, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a cassation case filed by 23 Dutch women who went to areas controlled by […]

Immigration

Terrorism suspect arrested in Dutch refugee center

June 19, 2020 Zack Newmark  

(NL Times) Police in the Netherlands arrested a 24-year-old Syrian man on Tuesday at a reception center for people seeking asylum in the country. The man was accused of involvement in a terrorist organization, and was taken into custody in Balk, a […]

Legal

Amsterdam Pride target of foiled terrorist attack

June 12, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Amsterdam Pride was one of the targets of a terrorist attack foiled when the authorities arrested six men from Arnhem in September [2018], according to an email read in the trial against the six suspects on Friday, De Gelderlander reports. […]

News: Europe

ISIS split-off a threat in Netherlands: report

June 8, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) A split-off of terrorist organization ISIS is gaining grounds in the Netherlands and may pose a real threat, NRC reports based on a report by research agency NTA. The so-called Hazimi movement is considered even more extreme than ISIS and […]

Health & Medicine

Second Hague mosque closes over coronavirus outbreak

June 1, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The as-Soennah mosque in The Hague decided to temporarily cease all its activities, including online activities, due to an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Muslim community in the city. Over the weekend, the Al Madinah Mosque in the city did […]

Health & Medicine

Mosque shut after virus breaks out in local community

May 31, 2020 Byron Mühlberg  

(NL Times) At least 21 members of The Hague’s Muslim community have tested positive for Covid-19 after an outbreak at the Al Madinah Mosque, sources told Omroep West on Saturday, with one elderly member succumbing to the disease. The mosque, which is […]

Crime

Utrecht tram shooter found guilty in separate rape trial

May 27, 2020 Byron Mühlberg  

(NL Times) The convicted terrorist who killed four people and injured seven others in last year’s Utrecht tram shooting has been found additionally guilty of rape, the judiciary ruled on Wednesday. Gökmen T., who has been detained for life for his carrying […]

Academics & Education

Controversial Amsterdam school eavesdropped on Education Inspectorate: report

May 22, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The director of the Cornelius Haga Lyceum in Amsterdam planted eavesdropping equipment in the office assigned to the Education Inspectorate for its investigation into the school, four sources around the Islamic high school told NRC. According to the newspaper, it […]

Government & Politics

Terrorist attack ‘conceivable’ as threat level holds

May 7, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) While the coronavirus crisis makes a large-scale terrorist attack in the Netherlands less likely, the possibility of an attack is still “conceivable,” the national coordinator for counterterrorism and security NCTV said on Thursday. The terrorism threat level in the Netherlands […]

Legal

Life in prison for mass shooting in Utrecht tram

March 20, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The court in Utrecht found Gokmen T. guilty of opening fire on a tram in Utrecht last March, killing four people. He was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. The sentence is equal to what the public prosecutor demanded. […]

Legal

Utrecht mass shooting suspect removed from court for spitting at judges

March 6, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The fourth and last day of the [trial] against Gokmen T., suspected of killing four people in a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht last year, had a tumultuous start. For the third time, T. was removed from the […]

Legal

Jihadist spotted in A’dam debate center linked to 19 murders in Syria

March 5, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Aziz A., a suspected jihadist who played a leading role in terrorist movement Jubhat al-Nusra according to the authorities, has also been linked to 19 murders in Syria in 2012, the public prosecutor revealed in a proforma hearing against the […]

Legal

Life in prison demanded against tram mass shooting suspect

March 5, 2020 Zack Newmark  

(NL Times) Prosecutors in the Netherlands demanded a rare life sentence in prison against Gokmen T., the man on trial for killing four people in a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht on March 18, 2019. The 38-year-old man is facing four counts […]

Legal

Suspect in Utrecht mass shooting removed from court over snide comment to victim

March 3, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Gokmen T., the 38-year-old man on trial for killing four people in a mass shooting on an Utrecht tram on 18 March 2019, was again removed from court on Tuesday. This time he made a snide comment to one of […]

Islamic Law

‘Islamic’ text on Utrecht tram shooter’s weapon reported as terrorism trial begins

March 2, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Suspect Gökmen T. wrote references to Islam, Sharia and Allah on the firearm used to commit a mass shooting in Utrecht in March last year, “reliable sources” told RTL Nieuws. Soon after the shooting on 24 Oktoberplein on March 18th, […]

Government & Politics

Small group of orthodox Muslims causing problems in mosques, council [of] mosques says

February 17, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) A small group of younger, orthodox Muslims are causing problems in mosques by pressuring other believers to follow a … “strict” course, Said Bouharrou, vice-president of the Council of Moroccan Mosques in the Netherlands, said to the parliamentary committee investigating […]

Government & Politics

Witness threatened after speaking in foreign influence on mosques investigation

February 14, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Hajer Harzi, a board member of the Al Houda mosque in Geleen, received serious threats after she spoke to a parliamentary committee investigating the possible influence of extremist ideology from abroad on Dutch mosques. “You wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” […]

Government & Politics

Mosques ask MPs to investigate all religions for unwanted influencing from abroad

February 5, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(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 […]

Clerics & Preachers

Hague extends ban against Islamic hate preacher

January 24, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The Ministry of Justice and Security plans to extend a ban against controversial imam Fawaz Jneid, which bans him from the Transvaal and Schilderswijk districts of The Hague. The situation around Jneid and his teachings [has] not changed, which is […]

Citizenship

Never give enemy combatants their stripped passports back: ruling parties

January 23, 2020 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The VVD and CDA want to amend the Passport Act to make sure that people whose Dutch nationality was stripped because they joined a terrorist organization can not get a new passport from the Dutch government. “This is another step […]

Legal

Utrecht mass shooting suspect ignores court order to attend hearing

December 16, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Gokmen T., the suspected gunman in a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht in March, did not appear in court for a proforma hearing in his case on Monday, despite a court order that he attend. A lot of […]

Law Enforcement

Parents shocked by son’s terrorism arrest; older suspect from Iran

November 27, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The parents of a 20-year-old man arrested on Monday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the Netherlands [are] shocked by the accusations against their son. “We never expected this. If it is true, we strongly reject it. But […]

Government & Politics

Man gets 10 years for threatening attack on far-right Wilders

November 18, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Junaid I. was sentenced to 10 years in prison for threatening an attack on PVV leader Geert Wilders by the court in The Hague on Monday. The court convicted the 27-year-old Pakistani man of preparing for a murder with a […]

Law Enforcement

Donation campaign funneled money to ISIS; six arrests in Netherlands, Belgium

November 11, 2019 Zack Newmark  

(NL Times) A group of six people was being held in connection with raising at least 200 thousand euros in donations, much of which was allegedly distributed to help finance terrorism. Four men were arrested in the Netherlands, and two were taken […]

Mosques

‘Sabotage’: Amsterdam mosque alleges prayer call audio cable intentionally cut

November 8, 2019 Zack Newmark  

(NL Times) The leader of an Amsterdam mosque believes someone with bad intentions deliberately sliced an audio cable on the building’s rooftop to prevent the religious group’s first call-to-prayer from being amplified by an outdoor loudspeaker. The Blauw Moskee was set to […]

Government & Politics

Threats to kill Wilders over Mohammed cartoons could mean six years in prison

October 29, 2019 Zack Newmark  

(NL Times) The suspect accused of threatening far-right leader Geert Wilders, and preparing a terrorist plot, should be sent to prison for six years, the Public Prosecution (OM) said during closing statements against Junaid I. in court on Tuesday. Wilders was present […]

Government & Politics

Prosecutor wants to bring 29 suspected jihadists back to NL for trial

October 24, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) The public prosecutor submitted a list of 29 suspected Dutch jihadists that it wants to bring back from Syria to the Netherlands to face justice, the Ministry of Justice and Security confirmed to NRC. That is a significant increase from […]

Government & Politics

Conviction, 26-year prison term for stabbing of Americans at Amsterdam CS

October 14, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Jawed S., a 20-year-old man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the court in Amsterdam on Monday. He was convicted [of] two counts of attempted murder with […]

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