Tension high, Dutch ponder old blasphemy law
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THE HAGUE Dutch leaders debated Tuesday about invoking a rarely used law banning blasphemy in response to a wave of ethnic tension and violence.
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende visited a mosque on Sunday and urged dialogue among different communities in the Netherlands after a wave of sectarian attacks in a country once known for its ...
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Anti-Muslim conflicts continued in the Netherlands as a mosque was set on fire Saturday in the southeastern part of the nation, the BBC reported.
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The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a young Muslim of Moroccan descent has shaken Holland to its very foundations. To most people, including the Dutch, the killing and its violent
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Several leading Dutch politicians seen as critical of Islam have been threatened with death since the murder of a filmmaker, as the Dutch Government announced a crackdown on Islamic extremists.
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AMSTERDAM: Dutch Muslims rallied yesterday to condemn extremism and call for unity after a wave of attacks on mosques in apparent revenge for the murder of outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a suspected Muslim extremist.
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The execution of three Indonesian Christians on death row for inciting violence against Muslims six years ago is looming, with security forces on alert amid fears of religious strife.
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The murder of a controversial Dutch filmmaker has reenergized an uncomfortable debate over Europe&#39;s relationship with its growing Muslim minority.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands  - One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday his country's democracy is under threat and called for rejecting immigration from non-western nations in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker, allegedly by a Muslim radical.
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A Dutch Muslim group appealed Thursday for calm at home and abroad in reaction to an anti-Quran film a right-wing politician says he is making.
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A small mosque was destroyed by fire in the Netherlands on Saturday but no one was hurt in what police suspect may have been the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets.
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The funeral is to take place of the controversial Dutch filmmaker amid increasing religious tension.
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Violence in the Netherlands is under control and is no worse than elsewhere in Europe, but the continent must do more to deal with radical Muslims and share intelligence, the Dutch foreign minister said on ...
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The Dutch Muslim Council appeals for calm ahead of the release of far-right MP Geert Wilders' film on Islam.
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Two churches in the Netherlands were nearly burned down in the latest series attacks following the murder of a controversial Dutch filmmaker, police said Thursday.
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The killing of a filmmaker critical of Islam puts new strains on Dutch traditions of tolerance and will fuel demands for tougher treatment of immigrants, analysts and commentators said on Wednesday.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands  - A mosque in the southeastern village of Helden, near the German border, was gutted by a pre-dawn fire Saturday in what appeared to be the latest attack on an Islamic site since the killing of a Dutch filmmaker nearly two weeks ago.