They wouldn’t be shocked if they knew anything about Islamic jihad and Sharia law. From Reuters, with thanks to Kemaste:
Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven, a Dutch convert to Islam, told a Dutch television chat show on Tuesday he hoped anti-immigration populist Geert Wilders would soon die, although he did not want him to be killed by a Muslim.
Interior Minister Johan Remkes said he was horrified by the remarks and said the Justice Ministry would look into the matter. “It is too crazy for words,” he told Dutch news agency ANP.
Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk agreed: “How can it be that we have sunk so far in the Netherlands? I am really worried about this,” she told Dutch television.
Wilders, whose popularity has soared since he called for a crackdown on Muslim militants following the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh this month, has been the subject of several death threats for his views on Islam and immigration….
Van de Ven said he would prefer Wilders to die of an illness, like cancer, and added he had felt some happiness when he heard of the death of Van Gogh. A Dutch-Moroccan man has been charged with the murder and with threatening another politician.
In a declaration on Wednesday, Van de Ven — who converted to Islam aged 14 and is now a Muslim teacher with links to a Saudi foundation — said he had gone into hiding and had had not wanted to urge anybody to kill Wilders.
Meanwhile, a debate raged about Muslim treatment of women after an imam refused to shake hands with Verdonk.
Imam Ahmad Salam told a news conference on Tuesday he was keen to talk to the minister about integration but said Islam prohibited contact with women outside the immediate family.
“It seems as if integration for Minister Verdonk is something that should lead to people outside of Islam saying how Muslims should practise Islam,” he said.