Dutch PM Visits Mosque, Urges Dialogue
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has visited a mosque following a wave of attacks on Muslim and Christian sites in the Netherlands.
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One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday the country's democracy is under threat and called for a five-year halt to non-Western immigration in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker by a suspected Muslim radical.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Ch Shujaat Hussain Tuesday urged the countrymen to follow the path of tolerance and reconciliation to promote democracy and called for finding political solutions to political problems.
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands  - A bomb damaged an  Islamic primary school in the southern Dutch town of Eindhoven  on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on Muslim  buildings since last week's murder of a filmmaker critical of  Islam.
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Sweden&#39;s prime minister and envoys from 22 Muslim nations held talks Friday that both sides termed as constructive to defuse a row over a newspaper cartoon depicting Prophet Mohammed as a dog.
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende urged the European Union to work harder on integrating ethnic minorities into European society, citing mounting tensions and a spate of reprisal attacks in his country following a murder allegedly committed by a
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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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A mosque in southeastern Netherlands was destroyed by fire Saturday in what appeared to be the latest suspected attack against an Islamic site since the killing
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AMSTERDAM -- Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende visited a Turkish mosque in the city of Eindhoven yesterday in a show of solidarity after a wave of attacks on Muslim buildings in the Netherlands.
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands -- A bomb damaged an Islamic primary school in this southern Dutch town yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks on Muslim buildings since last week's murder of a filmmaker critical of Islam.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was visiting the Netherlands on Monday to mark the 400th anniversary of a British Protestant chapel tucked away in a tranquil square in downtown Amsterdam.Comment
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After the killing of Dutch moviemaker Theo Van Gogh on November 2nd, there have been a spate of retaliations towards Muslims. So far, more than 20 Muslim institutions have been attacked and a mosque in the town of Helden was set on fire yesterday.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy appealed for a &quot;civilized dialogue&quot; between religions as he stood inside Kuwait's Grand Mosque at the start of a Middle East visit he hopes will help win the release of two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq.
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Iranian lawmakers have urged the  president to review ties with Denmark and the Netherlands over  reprints of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in  Danish and Dutch newspapers, state radio said on Monday.
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Predominantly Buddhist Thailand, hit by three-year separatist insurgency in which more than 2,000 people have been killed, plans to hold talks with the Muslim rebels, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Friday. "It is not a negotiation, but more of a dialogue to build understanding with them, which Malaysia has supported as a good idea," Surayud told reporters when asked if Bangkok would formally ask Kuala Lumpur to be a mediator. But Surayud, who agreed with Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahamd Badawi this week to speed up attempts to develop their common border area to help end the violence, declined to say where or when the talks would be held or who would be involved.
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YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - Indonesia's president  will open an international religious conference in the world's  most populous Muslim nation on Monday aimed at sending a  message of moderation in the region's battle against violent  religious radicalism.
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A small Dutch mosque in the south of the country has largely burnt down but no one was injured in what police suspect may have been the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets.