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Dutch divided over Islamists traveling to Syria
A survey of Dutch attitudes towards Islamists who travel from the Netherlands to Syria to fight the Assad regime shows that 75 per cent of Muslims regard them as heroes while almost half the non-Muslim population believe they should be stripped of their citizenship.The survey shows that while there is widespread agreement in both communities 87 per cent of Muslims and 66 per cent of non-Muslims that Assad should be removed, on virtually every other question there are significant differences. For instance, on the question of arming Syrian rebels, 49 per cent of Muslims were in favor, while just 6 per cent of the While 75 per cent of Muslims believed those who went to fight in Syria were heroes, 70 per cent of the native Dutch disagreed. On the other hand, while 43 per cent of non-Muslims thought that jihadis who traveled to fight in Syria should be stripped of their Dutch citizenship, 90 per cent of Muslims disagreed. The Counter-terrorism Coordinator in The Hague recently confirmed that about 100 Dutch-born jihadis, including at least two young women, have so far joined armed opposition, making the Netherlands the largest European recruiting ground for anti-Assad militants. Three are believed to be dead. Posted by: ryuge 2013-05-30 |
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