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  • Imams Compelled to Learn Dutch Language, Values, Customs

    12/03/2002 3:21:47 PM PST · by knighthawk · 39 replies · 436+ views
    Islam Online ^ | December 3 2002 | Khaled Shawkat
    AMSTERDAM, December 3 (IslamOnline) - Dutch Immigration and Integration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn asked Imams and preachers in mosques across the country to use the Dutch language in their sermons. He also pressed them to convince members of the Islamic minority to comply with the values and customs of the Dutch society. Imams play a major role in rectifying the negative image of Islam and are steering the Islamic community to merge into the Dutch society, added the minister. The statements of Nawijn, a member of the far-right List Pim Fortuyn (LPF) party, came Tuesday, October 1, during his inauguration of...