Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Dutch government says that it will abandon its long-standing policy of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create an alien and parallel society within the Netherlands

The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the government will take a tougher approach to immigrants who ignore Dutch values or disobey Dutch law. The government will also stop offering special subsidies for Muslim immigrants. The government will introduce new legislation that outlaws forced marriages and will also impose tougher measures against Muslim immigrants who lower their chances of employment by the way they dress. More specifically, the government will impose a ban on face-covering Islamic burqas as of January 1, 2013. If necessary, the government will introduce extra measures to allow the removal of residence permits from immigrants who fail their integration course. Polls show that a majority of Dutch voters support the government's skepticism about multiculturalism. According to one poll, 74% of Dutch voters say that immigrants should conform to Dutch values. Moreover, 83% of those polled support a ban on burqas in public spaces. The proper integration of the more than one million Muslims now living in Holland has been a major political issue ever since 2002, when Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated for his views on Muslim immigration, and since 2004, when Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was stabbed to death for producing a movie that criticized Islam.

4 comments:

Daniel said...

This is the best news I've had yet this year. Seriously, if this is more than political smoke and mirrors, if this is real policy that is to be implemented and enforced, the great Dutch may be again venturing first into new territory. Finally a European nation takes a stand and asserts a bit of self-interest. Could it be that the Dutch have fallen back in love with their Dutchness? Wake up USA. What do you love?

Anonymous said...

Needs to be done. Sanity demands it. More and more and all over the "civilised" west, lest it be civilised no longer.

Malcolm said...

Let us hope that this is not some political ploy to win votes that will not result in any significant change in the Muslim situation in the Netherlands.

Anonymous said...

I bet the US Government is behind the MUSLIM INVASION OF EUROPE!

SINCE WHEN IS EUROPE A CESSPOOL OF CULTURES