Source: Slate
If any country has enjoyed a long reputation for peaceful and democratic consensus combined with civic fortitude, that country is the Netherlands.
Source: Expatica
Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands as united States' authorities had refused to finance the expenses of her personal security measures.
Source: WorldNetDaily
Bishop Tiny Muskens (Courtesy Radio Netherlands Worldwide) Catholic churches in the Netherlands should use the name Allah for God to ease tensions between Muslims and Christians, says a Dutch bishop.
This essay, written together with my brother, was published on the front page of NRC Handelsblad, a Dutch national newspaper, on Tuesday 14 August 2007.
Source: Australian News Network
Iranian-born politician who heads a Dutch group for "ex-Muslims" will get extra protection after he was attacked near his home, a spokesman for the National Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism said today.
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In "Interview," Steve Buscemi plays a journalist interviewing a celebrity. Unprepared for the interview and disdainful of his subject's talent, he battles with an actress (Sienna Miller) through an evening that includes head wounds, shouting and kissing.
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Source: The Washington Post
Clearly, there is something about Ayaan Hirsi Ali that annoys, rankles, irritates. I am speaking as one who does not know Hirsi Ali -- the outspoken Dutch-Somali critic of Islam -- but as one who, while living in Europe, cannot seem to avoid meeting her detractors.
Source: The New York Times
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is still fighting Islamic strictures, but from quieter shores this time.
Source: BBC News
Dutch voters have begun casting their ballots in parliamentary elections, with late opinion polls showing as many as 40% of them undecided.
Source: religionnewsblog.com
From the page: -- Europe's Muslims have remained largely silent in the face of terrorist attacks that have killed 254 people in Madrid, London and Amsterdam. Europeans want to know why. --
This article was originally published on The Net is Dead A lot of things are going on again in the Netherlands. Like many times in the past, the trouble is related to our immigration policy.
Source: The New York Times
This is not exactly a run-of-the-mill homework assignment: watch a film clip of an attractive woman sunbathing topless, and try not to be shocked.