Dutch far-right party says it will ban mosques, Koran
Source: Yahoo News The Hague (AFP) – The political party of Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders, which is leading polls ahead of parliamentary elections next year, has vowed to close […]
Amsterdam to pay local Jews $11m for Holocaust survivor taxes
Source: The Times of Israel The city of Amsterdam will give its Jewish community $11 million as compensation for taxes imposed on Holocaust survivors who returned home to the Dutch […]
Netherlands sees sharp increase in people choosing euthanasia due to ‘mental health problems’
Source: Telegraph By Senay Boztas, amsterdam The Netherlands has seen a sharp increase in the number of people choosing to end their own lives due to mental health problems such as trauma […]
These Mock Martian Crops Show We Could Grow Food On Mars
Source: Huffington Post Establishing a sustainable colony on Mars would come with incredible challenges, none more pressing than figuring out how to keep inhabitants from starving. To the delight of […]
PRESS RELEASE : FOUNDATION STONE FOR NEW MOSQUE LAID BY HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN HOLLAND
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad lays foundation stone for Baitul Aafiyat Mosque in Almere. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 7 October 2015, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza […]
Dutch plan tougher asylum policy as migrants flock to Europe
AUG 30, 2015 – 09:52 By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – As Europe grapples with its biggest wave of migration since World War Two, the Netherlands is about to toughen its asylum policy by cutting off food and shelter for people who fail to qualify as refugees. Failed asylum seekers […]
Attending church synagogue or mosque is the key to good mental health among older Europeans
Source: London School of Economics and Political Science: A study of depression among older Europeans has found that joining a religious organisation is more beneficial than charity work, sport or […]
Radical Australian imam says Wilders is satan
A radical Australian imam has described Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders as a devil and satan in audio tape published on the Telegraaf newspaper’s website. The paper says the speech was put on a closed jihadist website and is known to the Dutch security services. In the speech, Feiz Muhammad […]
Dutch cabinet approves partial ban on face covering veil in public areas
Source: The Guardian Schools, hospitals and public transport would be covered by ban, but Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte insists prohibition is not religiously motivated The Dutch cabinet has approved […]
Prime minister defends ‘better dead’ jihadi comments
Prime minister Mark Rutte made controversial comments about jihadis being better dead than back in the Netherlands in the context of the election campaign and as prime minister, he said after Friday’s cabinet meeting. Rutte said during a television debate with other party leaders on Thursday night he agreed it […]
Muslim rule and compass: the magic of Islamic geometric design
theguardian: by Alex Bellos — Islamic craftsmen turned geometry into an art form because pictures of people were not allowed in holy places. Dutchman Eric Broug – who lives in the north of England – has become a global ambassador for this design style. Here he explains why it fascinates […]
Geert Wilders on race hate charge
Dutch authorities have said they will prosecute Geert Wilders for hate speech. Anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders will be prosecuted in the Netherlands for alleged discrimination and inciting hatred against Moroccans […]
Dutch Lawmaker: “No Place For Islam” in Netherlands
Loonwatch: It’s not just Wilders, but other members of his PVV party who make grotesque statements about Islam and Muslims that should have no place in a 21st century pluralistic […]
Islamic State Recruiters Unsettle Muslims in The Hague
THE HAGUE—This city is wrestling with a new generation of homegrown Muslim radicals, 10 years after a member of a local terrorist cell brutally killed Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam. More than a quarter of the 140 Dutch jihadists who the government says have traveled to Syria to […]
Geert Wilders is a formal ‘suspect’ for anti-Moroccan chants
Public prosecutors have ‘invited’ PVV leader Geert Wilders for questioning in connection with remarks he made about Moroccans last year and consider him to be a formal suspect, the department said on Thursday. The department said in a statement Wilders is ‘suspected of having insulted a population group with respect to their […]
Dutch send helmets and bullet-proof vests to Iraqi Kurds
The Netherlands is sending 1,000 helmets and 1,000 bullet-proof vests to help the Kurds in Iraq who are fighting against Islamic State militants in the north. The donation is aimed at helping the Kurds better defend themselves, foreign affairs minister Frans Timmermans and defence minister Jeanine Hennis said in a […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the World Wide Web
Source: ahmadiyya-islam.org | alislam.org ONLINE NETWORK Al Islam (International) Countries in Africa Mauritius (English) Tanzania (Swahili) Countries in Asia Bangladesh China India India (Gurmukhi, Punjabi) India (Malayalam) India (Tamil) Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Iran Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Turkey Uzbekistan Countries in Europe Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria France Germany Greece Iceland Italy […]
Malaysia Airlines crash: everything we know so far
What happened, who did it and what world leaders are saying about flight MH17, downed in Ukraine. What happened? Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 with 295 passengers aboard, was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday afternoon. Everyone aboard is believed to have been killed, with bodies and […]
Problems loom for investigators as Flight MH17 black box may be in Moscow
Investigators say the black box will be key to establishing what downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine but the device is reportedly already on its way to Russia A tug of war is under way for possession of doomed flight MH17’s “black box” recorder amid reports the device, […]
Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine: US warn Russian separatists not to interfere with site
White House calls for crash site to be left undisturbed for investigation to take place as West to confront Russia and Vladimir Putin over downing of commercial jet The US has warned pro-Russian separatists not to interfere with evidence at the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight as […]