Posted on 11/13/2004 1:47:34 AM PST by Haro_546
Mosque set on fire in Netherlands By Geraldine Coughlan BBC News, The Hague
There have been more than 20 attacks on Muslim buildings There has been another fire in a mosque in the Netherlands, in what appeared to be the latest in a spate of attacks. Police said the mosque, in the south-eastern village of Helden near the German border, was set on fire early on Saturday.
They said it was not immediately clear if arsonists were behind the attack.
There have been more than 20 incidents of fires or vandalism at Muslim buildings since the murder of the controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
His suspected killer, an alleged Muslim radical of Dutch-Moroccan nationality, was arrested.
Tensions are running high in the Netherlands since the killing.
There have also been a string of retaliatory attacks on Christian churches.
Parliament has been debating how to deal with the growing problem.
There have been calls from some right-wing politicians to deport radical Muslim clerics and close down mosques where they operate.
MPs have asked the government to draft new legislation forcing Dutch mosques to employ only Imams who have studied Islamic religion in the Netherlands, a proposal that is widely supported.
They remember, and pass down. They remember World War I and World War II. I've never eaten with a Dutch family which did not each and every one clean their plates completely. That comes from remembrance of those horrific days. One older gentleman even relayed the account when he and his friend had to catch a dog for dinner. He even told how he joked about it that night while in bed by wimpering to his siblings. We don't have that type of parallel in America...
I think so, but China loves the mooselimbs, as long as they stay out of their country.
Which they won't, however, if their jihad is a truly held philosophy. I have read how China gives Muslims a very hard time, they are not much happier about that practice than they are about Christianity. Start a tit for tat war, and....
GOOD idea!
I wonder if there is some way we can "encourage" the sheetheads to start trouble in China?
Wow ...good thing America is not in the hands of the Dutch
They lose one of their 'Hollywood' types and they get pretty mad
We lose thousands of innocents in the WTC and Pentagon and stay calm and go
to war with tangos in their homelands (except for their main source of religious zeal that of course is off limits)
Meanwhile of course allowing them to build even more mosques and Islamic centers here and buy up more rural US land for their summer camps
And of course also allow their lobby groups and petrol dollars into our govt and political process..
Meanwhile our leaders still insist ..even on the campaign trail that Islam is a religion of peace.
Go figure
IMO
Burn em,Burn em All.
Of course all this is "just kidding" (alas). Uncle Sam would take a very dim view of Americans (other than CIA) trying to stir up international trouble.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Islam, The Cult of Horror™; how sweet it is when they reap what they sow.
Good point. No one wants to step up to belling the cat...lest he has his neck sawn next. Terror is effective.
Bump!
Copy that.
Yes ..but people are starting to stand up. It is becoming diffucult after looking at the world news everday to find a country that is not have a conflict with some Muslim group. Even France had a bout. What ever happened to those French reporters? Was that "swept under the rug"(coined a new phrase for French foriegn policy)?
Thats because the Dutch can trace a lot of their roots back to the Vikings. Yes, they can be easy going most of the time. Yes, they can take a lot and sit there smiling but crowd them a little too close or push them too far back in the corner and look out. That Viking blood boils to the top and the fights on.
My family tree came over at the turn of the last century from Norway and my blood has been at a low simmer for over three years.
Well, everybody loves the mooselimbs as long as they'll stay out of country and pump oil. It's only when you get to know them that the loathing begins!
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