http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/holland/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:58:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415223/posts Envoy decries illegal migration to Holland From Laolu Akande (New York) and Abiodun Fagbemi (Ilorin) POUNDED at home and desperate to keep hope alive, Nigerians are among the top nationalities fleeing their own country and seeking asylum in industrialized nations, according to the United Nations (UN). Meanwhile, the Ambassador Plenipotentiary of Nigeria to The Netherlands, Dr. Nimota Akanbi, has deplored illegal movement of many Nigerians into The Netherlands. Although Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia were three most affected countries, Nigeria was still grouped among the other "main countries of origin of asylum seekers" in mostly western nations as at the second... NGRGuardian News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415223/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409085/posts Free speech goes on trial in the Netherlands on January 20, when Dutch politician Geert Wilders appears before the Amsterdam District Court on charges of having “intentionally offended a group of people, i.e. Muslims, based on their religion,” as well as having incited to hatred and discrimination. What did Wilders do to warrant such charges? He told the truth about the global jihad and Islamic supremacism, and their roots in Islamic texts and teachings, in his film Fitna and elsewhere. But nowadays truth-telling is at such a premium that those who still dare to engage in it are threatened, harassed... Frontpage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409085/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:34:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404364/posts The reported capturing of a Muslim women in Reus (Tarragona) and the issuing of a stoning sentence for adultery by religious fanatics are a gauge of a phenomenon that has already appeared in Holland and France, and which is now taking root in Catalonia: the creation of Islamic "moral brigades" by fundamentalists, who claim the role of judges and police officers imposing a strict observance of Sharia, or Islamic law. The theatre of the incursions of these Islamic "moral patrols" are the rural towns where the mosques are controlled by Salafists, a fundamentalist sect of Islam, with a substantial presence... Paola Del Vecchio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404364/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:31:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397321/posts ClimateGate: Britain's Climate Research Unit now says it will release all its data. Does that include the data that have been shredded, deleted and denied publication? In a statement released Saturday by the University of East Anglia, where the CRU is located, it was announced that all unit data, including data that had been denied climate skeptics, would soon be released to prove this is much ado about nothing. Unimpressed by the news is David Holland of Northampton, a grandfather with a background in electrical engineering, who is seeking prosecution of the CRU scientists involved in suppressing and even destroying... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397321/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396274/posts A majority of the Netherlands parliament voted this past week to place Iran's elite military unit, the Revolutionary Guards, on the European Union (EU) terror list. The Dutch resolution appears to be the first European motion to target the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity. The resolution cited the IRGC's support for Hamas and Hizbullah as reasons to label the Guards as an unlawful organization fomenting terror. A second anti-terror resolution was also passed by the Dutch parliament. That motion urges the UN-affiliated International Maritime Organization (IMO) to bar Iran from "accession" to the IMO council because... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396274/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:01:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376916/posts mother-of-six who today admitted hiding an explosives manual in her burka wrote a note suggesting she was willing to blow up herself and her children, a police source said. Houria Chahed Chentouf, 41, from Manchester, was sentenced to two years in prison for the terror-related offence but walked free from court after serving her time on remand. Officers found the chilling note written by Moroccan-born Chentouf at her home in Holland. UK Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376916/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:56:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362546/posts   On my most recent visit to Amsterdam for the World Congress of Families (WCF), I was once again struck by the remarkable façade of peaceful, tolerant prosperity the Dutch maintain. Although its famous openness to lust and license is ever more apparent, Amsterdam's charm remains in its tidy homes, shops, museums, and beautiful (though empty) churches.   The simple fact, however, is that this beacon of liberalism worldwide is rotting from the inside out and must increasingly rely on deception to keep up appearances as a nation of tolerance, peace, and prosperity.   That was made nowhere more... ic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362546/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361908/posts -excerpt- A world away from Afghanistan, over in Holland, was approaching the 65th anniversary of the allied liberation from Nazi occupation, and I had been invited to attend by James “Maggie” Megellas. Maggie, who had fought his way through Holland and is today remembered there as a hero, is said to be the most decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division. Now 92, Maggie has recently spent about two months tooling around the battlefields of Afghanistan, and though it would be an honor to finally meet him, there was the matter of extracting myself from Kandahar City... Michael Yon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361908/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:34:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333792/posts Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they would charge an Arab-oriented cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests that the death of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust is a fabrication. The public prosecutor's office in Utrecht in the Netherlands said the cartoon insults Jews as a group and is therefore an illegal form of discrimination. T Advertisement he chairman of the Dutch arm of the Arab European League says it published the cartoon on its website to highlight a double standard in freedom of speech rules in which anti-Muslim cartoons are permitted but anti-Jewish cartoons are... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333792/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:30:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326675/posts UTRECHT, Netherlands – A Dutch court ordered authorities to take temporary guardianship of a 13-year-old girl on Friday, delaying her plan to sail solo around the world until psychologists can assess her capacity to undertake such a risky voyage. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326675/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:08:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306927/posts The Dutch Muslim Party (NMP) has announced it will take part in local elections in five municipalities next year. The Dutch Muslim Party (NMP) will take part in local elections in Amsterdam, Almere, Den Haag, Rotterdam and Noordoostpolder, its president Henny Kreeft announced today. NRC Handelsblad http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306927/posts#comment Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:57:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275608/posts Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said. The pair stole the 14-year-old boy's mobile phone and 165 euros ($230) in cash last September. "The picture was taken just a moment before the crime," a police spokesman said. In March, the victim recognised himself and the two robbers while surfing Google Maps, which has a "Street View" feature allowing users to see images of buildings. The images are usually taken by a camera mounted on... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275608/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:03:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265234/posts The party of far-right anti-Muslim MP Geert Wilders, who was banned from entering Britain earlier this year for his xenophobic beliefs, has won its first four seats in the European Parliament, according to a Dutch exit poll last night. The result, which places the Freedom Party second in the Netherlands behind the ruling Christian Democrats and ahead of Labour, suggests that many continental voters will swing behind fringe anti-immigrant parties in the European poll. An exit poll for the Dutch national broadcaster NOS gave Mr Wilders’s party around 15 per cent of votes, with the ruling right-of-centre party on 20.3... Times Online (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265234/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:05:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265765/posts A Dutch MP banned from Britain for his anti-Islamic views has won more than 15 per cent of the vote in Holland's European Parliament elections, exit polls have shown. Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party are to take four of the 25 Dutch seats in the European assembly as right-wing and fringe parties were set to gain all over Europe. The results are giving credence to the theory that the economic downturn, cynicism over the union's eastward expansion and worries about relations between Muslims and non-Muslims are fuelling a voter backlash against mainstream politicians. Wilders was barred from entering Britain... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265765/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:19:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258880/posts Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 14 04:31 PM Age: 11 hrs By: Urged by a senior al-Qaeda ideologue to take over Pakistan, members of jihadi internet forums have begun to examine the possibility of controlling Pakistan’s nuclear weapons (al-faloja1.com, April 24). At the same time, jihadis continue to collect information on nuclear facilities around the globe, especially Israel’s nuclear projects, waiting for an opportunity to perpetrate successful terrorist attacks against these facilities after massive terrorist attacks using conventional weapons failed to give rise to the global supremacy of Islamic law (al-faloja1.com, April 22). On March 14, al-Fajr Media Center... Jamestown Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258880/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 07:57:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254922/posts Pirates captured after attacking a Dutch vessel have gone on trial in the liberal Netherlands and at least two of them have declared their intention to stay on as residents. Geert-Jan Knoops, an international criminal law attorney and professor at the Royal University of Utrecht, has suggested that the Dutch trial might encourage pirates to surrender just in order to seek a better life in Western countries. "These trials may trigger other pirates to let themselves be arrested on purpose," he told the Volkskrant newspaper. "The Dutch Justice department must be cautious. I cannot imagine the five alleged pirates would... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254922/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 19:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254631/posts Somali pirates might be allowing themselves to be deliberately captured in order to take advantage of European asylum laws, Dutch legal experts have warned. Pirates captured after attacking a Dutch vessel have gone on trial in the liberal Netherlands and at least two of them have declared their intention to stay on as residents. Geert-Jan Knoops, an international criminal law attorney and professor at the Royal University of Utrecht, has suggested that the Dutch trial might encourage pirates to surrender just in order to seek a better life in Western countries. "These trials may trigger other pirates to let themselves... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254631/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 13:33:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2254318/posts In the middle of one square stands a mosque with Arabic writing outside. That used to be a church. ROME (Chiesa) - In Feyenoord, veiled women can be seen everywhere, darting like a flash through the streets of the neighborhood. They avoid any sort of contact, even eye contact, especially with men. Feyenoord is the size of a city, and there are seventy nationalities coexisting there. It is an area that lives on subsidies and residential construction, and it is here that it is most obvious that Holland – with all of its rules against discrimination and all of its... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2254318/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 00:22:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254038/posts Here entire neighborhoods look like the Middle East, women walk around veiled, the mayor is a Muslim, sharia law is applied in the courts and the theaters. An extensive report from the most Islamized city in Europe. ROME, May 19, 2009 – One of the most indisputable results of Benedict XVI's trip to the Holy Land was the improvement in relations with Islam. The three days he spent in Jordan, and then, in Jerusalem, the visit to the Dome of the Mosque, spread an image among the Muslim general public – to an extent never before seen – of a... Express Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254038/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 17:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2240759/posts Dutch people in their 20s are more likely to have a Calvinistic approach to life than any other age group, according to research by Trouw. Calvinism, named after the French religious reformer John Calvin, is associated with a sober, hardworking approach to life and stresses the rule of God in all things. Young people are more conservative than older people, they are more orthodox in their approach to religion and voted for the Calvinist CDA party at the last election, researcher Joke van Saane of Amsterdam's VU university told the paper. 'It is back to basics. Young people feel the... DutchNews.nl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2240759/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:00:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237278/posts Attorney general J.B. Van Hollen surprisingly reversed course Monday on the issue of openly carrying firearms in the state of Wisconsin, issuing a memorandum that the practice is legal and should not be automatically construed by police as disorderly conduct. Van Hollen laid out his opinion in an April 20 advisory memorandum to state district attorneys. Just last November, the attorney general's office had rebuffed a state legislator who had asked for an opinion after more police departments began making disorderly conduct arrests for open carry without any other behavior associated with the charge. At the time, Van Hollen's office... Lakeland Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237278/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2218915/posts A news report from the Netherlands points to a form of theological insanity that is spreading far beyond the Dutch. Ecumenical News International reports that church authorities in the Netherlands have decided not to take action against a Dutch pastor who openly declares himself to be an atheist. The pastor, Klaas Hendrikse, serves a congregation of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. In 2007 he published a book described as a "manifesto of an atheist pastor." In the book Hendrikse argues for the non-existence of God, but he insists that does believe in God as a concept. As Ecumenical News... Crosswalk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2218915/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:37:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208755/posts Oil-rich Nigeria, population 140-million, now is very close to an all-out"Islamic takeover', warn two Dutch MPs. And this would have a massive impact: from Nigeria, Africa's islamisation would spread fast -- resulting in hundreds of millions of refugees. This would have a massive impact on the future of all of Africa and of the West, warn Dutch parliamentarians Geert Wilders and Martin Bosma of the Party for Freedom, writing in an editorial in the Dutch religious daily, the Reformatorisch Dagblad. Oil crucial in Sudan and Nigeria: Although the Dutch MPs didn't say this, a similar situation of course, also exists... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208755/posts#comment Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:35:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196452/posts 00:58 01 March 2009 Freedom Party largest in survey De Hond The Party for the Freedom of Geert Wilders is according to a survey of Maurice de Hond the largest party if elections were held now. It is for the first time that in a survey the Freedom Party obtains most of the seats. According to De Hond Wilders' party would get 27 seats, one more than the conservative Christian-Democrats (CDA). The PvdA (Labor-Socialists) stands according to De Hond at 21; Liberal D66 is with 19 seats the fourth party. Since the Court of Justice ruled six weeks ago Wilders... NOS Dutch Public Broadcasting, Peil.nl - De Hond http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196452/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 01:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190566/posts AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A hospital in the Netherlands — the first nation to permit euthanasia — recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, which include administering a lethal dose of sedatives. The announcement by the Groningen Academic Hospital came amid a growing discussion in Holland on whether to legalize euthanasia on people incapable of deciding for themselves whether they want to end their lives — a prospect viewed with horror by euthanasia opponents and as a natural evolution by advocates. In August, the... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190566/posts#comment Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:52:10 GMT