ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – The Muslim community in the Netherlands is worried by the results of last Wednesday’s elections, in which Geert Wilders’ far-right Islamophobic Party for Freedom (PVV) emerged as the top party. Speaking to the media, Muhsin Koktas, head of the Contact Body for Muslims and Government, said that the vict...
LONDON (AA) – Wednesday’s general election in the Netherlands has produced an unpredicted win for far-right politician Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, as it won 34 seats in the 150-seat parliament with 98% of the votes counted. Wilders, who is a staunch anti-Islam populist, has doubled his party’s votes since 2021, with one...
ROTTERDAM (AA) – Muslims in the Netherlands have strongly reacted to the state’s secret investigation of Muslims and Islamic institutions. Muhsin Koktas, head of the Contact Body for Muslims and Government (CMO) in the Netherlands, said that he was not surprised by the secret investigations after the increase in Islamophobia and ra...
