ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN Netherlands
4 April
• The head of the national police force writes on an internal blog that Muslim
police officers are verbally abused by colleagues.
12 June
• In a debate in the national parliament the PVV and the Group Bontes & van
Klaveren propose a ban on new mosques. A second PVV-only motion proposed
the closure of all existing mosques. No other parties support the proposals.
17 June
• In alliance with traditional right-wing extremist political parties at the level of
European Union politics, the PVV has formed a parliamentary group under the
name ‘Europe of Nations and Freedom Group’.
September
• The Party for the Animals proposes a new draft law against ritual slaughtering.
8 October
• Eight people are given fines between 350 and 450 Euros because of their calls to
set fire to Dutch mosques.
27 November
• The government submits a law in favour of the ‘partial interdiction of face-covering
clothing’ to parliament.
November
• The parliament asks the government to examine the possibilities of an interdiction
of Salafist organisations.
• The national police services integrate ‘Muslim discrimination’ as a separate category
of discrimination in its registration system and reports.
• Mid December.
• The public prosecutor announced that a second trial of Geert Wilders will start
in March 2016. Wilders is prosecuted for insulting people on the grounds of
their race and for inciting hatred and discrimination against a group of people
when calling for ‘fewer Moroccans’.
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