Violence and harassment in Netherlands
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Eindhoven: a climate against Muslims
In June, an organisation describing itself as the Committee of Concerned Citizens damaged the locks on the gate of the Eindhoven mosque and sought to bar Muslims from entering it through erecting a massive chain.
1 August 2003 (124 words)
Monitoring 9/11: a catalogue of incidents
Between September 11 - December 24 2001, the National Police Service Force (KLPD) registered nearly 500 racial incidents related to the events of 9/11.
1 August 2002 (316 words)
VVD think tank demands action against Muslim fundamentalists
An academic think tank for the VVD party, the Teldeks foundation, has brought out a pamphlet about Muslim extremism in the Netherlands and has called on the government to prohibit Muslim organisations that recruit Muslims to fight abroad.
1 August 2002 (84 words)
Government wants national survey of Muslim population
The lower house of parliament, supported by the prime minister, has called for a national survey of the beliefs and activities of the 800000-strong Muslim population of the Netherlands.
1 August 2002 (229 words)
Racist attacks
Turkish shopkeepers harassed in small fishing village
1 May 1998 (115 words)
Swastika carved onto the forehead of Iranian refugee
A 53-year-old Iranian refugee had a swastika carved onto his forehead by a racist gang who assaulted him outside the railway station at Zoetermeer on new year's eve.
1 March 1995 (88 words)
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