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Europe
Dutch PM stresses communal harmony
2004-11-15
Time to trot out the warm milk. We'll see if it takes...
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has visited a mosque to underline the importance of dialogue between the various communities in the Netherlands. The prime minister's visit to the mosque in Eindhoven on Sunday came even as tensions ran high in Netherlands over the 2 November murder of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh, allegedly by an Islamist radical. Balkenende was presented with a bunch of tulips at the mosque, which he said symbolised that "we feel at home here".
No doubt by a child wearing a turban and wooden shoes...
... Wooden curly-toed shoes ...
... and a dagger. A ceremonial one.
There has been a wave of attacks on mosques and Islamic schools since van Gogh's murder. The most serious was on an Islamic school in Eindhoven in the southeast of the country, where a bomb exploded at dawn on Monday. Police said fire that destroyed a wooden mosque at Helden early on Sunday was probably criminal. There have also been several retaliatory attacks on Christian churches. A school at Heerlen in the south of the country was fire-bombed overnight on Saturday without causing any damage, police said. The school was not an Islamic school, and it was unclear whether the incident was connected to other such attacks.
Posted by:Fred

#8  The Islamic Republic of the Netherlands. I hope all the Dutch like the name.
Posted by: BillH   2004-11-15 9:53:49 PM  

#7  they kill 3000 here--no mosques/madrassa burned down here in cowboy jesusland--they kill one hip film-maker there--20 mosques/madrassa charcoaled--and we're the neanderthal violence heads

Somebody mentioned the other day that the citizens' propensity toward vigilantism is tied to their level of faith in the government to react to the situation. We haven't seen attacks like these in the US because most people were certain that the gov't would respond forcefully. I don't think the Dutch have a lot of faith in their gov't in this regard.
Posted by: BH   2004-11-15 10:38:11 AM  

#6  If he is willing to defend that harmony by all means necessary against Islamofascists, it's a good thing. A mosque must not needs be a threat -- the ideology taught in it may be, and the barbarians possibly inspired by it deserve to be killed.

having said that, though, I'm more and more skeptical about the possibility of Islam surviving this century. The Moslems have a lot of hard work to do, quickly.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2004-11-15 9:46:09 AM  

#5  they kill 3000 here--no mosques/madrassa burned down here in cowboy jesusland--they kill one hip film-maker there--20 mosques/madrassa charcoaled--and we're the neanderthal violence heads--fook dem [dutch for fuck 'em]

Actually there was a rash of violence towards rag-heads. But the idiots who were getting violent failed to check to see who was a Hindu and who was Muslim. That incident was specifically Phoenix, but I have heard passing mention of others. Nothing ongoing, no bombs. After the initial wave of anger (hard not to have that) passed we saw people go on with their lives and let the local Islamofacists get on with theirs.

As a side note, not long after 9-11 the local Islamic school in Lex, KY, burned to the ground in the middle of a rainstorm. It was determined to be a lightening strike and they rebuilt with a much improved building.
Posted by: Jame Retief   2004-11-15 7:16:51 AM  

#4  Balkende is seau 1969....One thing for Balkenende and his cohords....THE MULTICULTURAL TIMEBOMB IS TICKING ALL OVER EUROPE WAKE UP!
Posted by: Dutchgeek   2004-11-15 3:08:17 AM  

#3  they kill 3000 here--no mosques/madrassa burned down here in cowboy jesusland--they kill one hip film-maker there--20 mosques/madrassa charcoaled--and we're the neanderthal violence heads--fook dem [dutch for fuck 'em]
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2004-11-15 2:42:15 AM  

#2  As a Physician, I've told Jan Peter not to stress so much. You can see it's driven him mad. Visiting a moskkk. And all this high tension coming so close on the heels of having to put his finger in the dyke, too. I'm sorry, Jan Peter, but if you can't follow my advice then I can't be your doctor anymore. Die. See if I care. Oh, here's my final bill. Please pay promptly, I don't think you have a future.
Posted by: .Dr Twolips   2004-11-15 1:12:45 AM  

#1  Dude, forget kumbayah. Try 1) zero tolerance for any kind of hate crime from any quarter, period, and 2) economic liberalism combined with real respect for all people of faith so that you attract hardworking people who want nothing more than to be left alone to build their businesses and raise their families. In short, the American way.

Spouting multi-culti bullshit will not save you now. It will only heighten the cynicism and hatred of the resenters on both sides and drive the strivers out of your country, to the one place that will respect them, value their contribution and leave them in peace: the USA.
Posted by: lex   2004-11-15 1:06:11 AM  

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