“The Moroccan-Dutch community is also shocked.”
Really? Where has there ever been a tradition of Islam that rejected Sharia? What did Said Bouharrou expect the mosque schools to teach? Or is his shock for non-Muslim audiences only? Will there be any investigation to determine the answers to such questions, or would that be “Islamophobic”?
“MPs concerned by reports of Sharia law taught at mosque schools,” by Janene Pieters, NLTimes.nl, September 11, 2019:
Children at Salafist mosque schools in the Netherlands are taught Sharia law, and are taught the death penalty is appropriate for people with a different religion or belief system, according to a study by Nieuwsuur and NRC. The report has parliamentarians concerned….
In lessons and from books, children are taught which groups and types of people are “enemies” or “unbelievers”. The lessons also teach that adulterers, homosexuals, apostates and so-called ‘wizards’ deserve the death penalty. Children have to do multiple choice exercises in which they must choose which punishment is applicable – a. Whipping, b. Stoning, or C. Death by sword, according to the news agencies.
Politicians are shocked. ChristenUnie leader Gert-Jan Segers and VVD chairman Klaas Dijkhoff both want to amend the law so that the Education Inspectorate can also intervene in informal education after worrying signals. Currently the Inspectorate can only inspect regular schools.
The Moroccan-Dutch community is also shocked. Said Bouharrou of the Council of Moroccan Mosques told Nieuwsuur that he is seriously concerned about the influence of Salafism within Islamic education in the Netherlands. According to Bouharrou, several Moroccan-Dutch imams are worried, but they do not always dare to speak out for fear of reprisals.<.blockquote>