Dhimmi Watch: Putting the fear of God into Holland

February 28, 2005

Putting the fear of God into Holland

A provocative and important story from the Times Online, with thanks to Twostellas:

Not long ago, Holland prided itself as being the most tolerant and welcoming country in Europe for immigrants and asylum seekers. It had the credentials to prove it. So many have settled there, ethnic "minorities" are often in a majority. In the great Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the Hague, the newcomers already outnumber the native Dutch among under-20-year-olds. They will soon be an absolute majority. Although the slump that followed the 1973 oil shock removed the urgent need to recruit labour, the Dutch accepted that the "guest workers" in the country could remain. The policy was to create a multicultural society in which cultural and ethnic differences were accepted and appreciated....
No longer. A sea change has taken place. It was evident after the death last month of a young Dutch Moroccan, identified only as Ali El B. Several hundred Moroccans congregated on the street where a driver had run him over, reversing into him after he had stolen her bag. They had made a shrine on the pavement, with flowers and candles, and there was talk of racism and murder. The crowd set off on a march to pay their respects at a mosque not far away. The boys were in a long gaggle at the front. The girls, neater, were in disciplined ranks at the rear. Some had Moroccan flags draped over their shoulders. They chanted in Arabic for a while, and passers-by looked and scurried on.

The mosque was on the ground floor in a row of old gabled houses, some converted into offices, that looked out over a broad waterway. A racing skiff, a pair, was splashing through the wavelets thrown up by a blustery gale. Television cameramen darted round the crowd as it milled outside the mosque. An elderly Dutchman looked down from his flat at the sea of hoods and scarves and red-and-green flags, with an utterly forlorn expression.

Nobody doubts that Ali El B would once have become a martyred innocent. Now, attempts to portray him like that were sat on fast and hard. The fiercest comment came from Geert Wilders. The hard line this right-wing MP takes on immigrants and terrorists has made him the fastest-rising star in the political firmament.

It has also brought threats of beheading from radical Islamists, so he is now shackled to six bodyguards and has secure lodgings on army bases. "All Moroccan troublemakers should be expelled," Wilders says. "The government wants to expel terrorists. The same process should be used for street terrorists like Ali El B. Detain them, de-naturalise them and deport them." Wilders is a firebrand. Rita Verdonk is the minister for immigration and integration, and a mainstream Conservative. She, too, is implacable. "If the boy hadn't stolen the bag," she says, "he'd be riding around on his scooter today."

Read it all.

Posted by Robert at February 28, 2005 7:38 AM
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Damn. Things in Holland are crazy. Glad to see the anti-dhimmitude though. Strength in the face of severe intimidation.

Posted by: freestar

at February 28, 2005 7:10 PM

Good for the young lady who ran the pickpocket over--and shame on the community that made him a martyr.

Posted by: Kepha

at March 1, 2005 12:44 AM

I can just imagine the look on the old man's face. Do you think maybe it reminds him of a movement that he witnessed in his youth?

Posted by: Infidel One

at March 1, 2005 5:31 AM

More from the sunday times

How much lower can Labour go ?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1502853,00.html

Discrimination bill snubs gays to save Muslim vote
David Cracknell, Political Editor

GAY RIGHTS campaigners have been snubbed by the government for fear of upsetting Muslim voters who are regarded as more important to Labour’s election campaign.
This week a new bill giving Muslims protection against religious discrimination will be published, but there will be no equivalent right for gays, as had been planned by ministers.

Downing Street fears that Muslims, whose votes could be the key to saving the seats of many Labour MPs, might feel offended if they were “lumped together” with homosexuals.

The change comes despite the fact that there are thought to be around 3m gay voters, compared with 1.3m Muslims of voting age in Britain.

Under the bill, it will become illegal for the provider of any goods or services — such as a hotel, shop, pub or restaurant — to refuse to serve someone on the grounds of their religion. It is already illegal to do so on the basis of race or gender.

It had been expected that the bill would include protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Ministers planned to introduce such a safeguard after a gay couple from London were refused a double room at a bed and breakfast in Scotland because the owner said their relationship was “unnatural”.

The move is likely to anger homosexual rights campaigners who will argue that the change of policy could put the government in conflict with Brussels. Under EU directives, ministers are required to introduce laws against all forms of discrimination, including on the grounds of sexual orientation.

But the equality bill, which will be released this week, merely sets up a new umbrella body — the Equality and Human Rights Commission — to police all discrimination.

In theory, protecting homosexuals from unfair treatment will be within the commission’s remit. However, the law will not spell out specific gay rights to be protected.

Patricia Hewitt, the trade and industry secretary, will try to allay campaigners’ fears when she makes a speech on Tuesday to Stonewall, the gay rights group.

In favouring Muslim voters at the risk of upsetting gays, Labour is following in the footsteps of Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London.

Livingstone has assiduously courted the Muslim vote, even at the expense of goodwill among the gay community. He invited the Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi to London despite the sheikh’s views. Al-Qaradawi condemns homosexuality, advocates wife-beating and describes suicide bombers as “martyrs”.

The decision to drop homosexual rights from the bill was taken by Downing Street.

Posted by: apostate_islam

at March 1, 2005 9:04 AM

They support a robber and a thief, as they are all robbers and thieves. Ali Baba and the 1.5 billion thieves? It is enshrined in their religion that the property of a non Muslim is there for the taking and is not to be respected. They are practising their religion.

Posted by: IceDragon

at March 5, 2005 5:12 PM