From the left, a call to end the current Dutch notion of tolerance

The Netherlands is experiencing significant problems with their Muslim minorities, and with the at times non-existent pace of integration.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, the Netherlands had lived through something akin to a populist revolt against accommodating Islamic immigrants led by Pim Fortuyn, who was later murdered; the assassination of the filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, accused of blasphemy by a homegrown Muslim killer; and the bitter departure from the Netherlands of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali woman who became a member of Parliament before being marked for death for her criticism of radical Islam.

The article blogged below is a very good article! Here's an excerpt showing how hard attitudes are becoming on the Left in the Netherlands...

In a position paper by the Left's Labor Party...

“The mistake we can never repeat is stifling criticism of cultures and religions for reasons of tolerance.”

Short and to the point, but very powerful!

Read the article...

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