DUTCH POLICE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE KORAN
From the dailytelegraph: "Police in Amsterdam will get half the purchase price back if they buy the Koran to deepen their knowledge of Islam, a spokesman said today.
"A new translation had just appeared in Dutch and officers on the beat were being encouraged to read this and a biography of the Prophet Mohammed, Ebe van der Land said.
"These two books will make for a better understanding and knowledge of the Koran and the life of the prophet," Mr van der Land said.
"Police bosses have decided that staff who buy these books will be refunded half the price."
THE NETHERLANDS: AN INTERNAL STRUGGLE TO RETAIN FREEDOM AND SPEAK TRUTHFULLY ABOUT ISLAM
"Radical
remarks may push people who are already on the verge
of using violence, over the edge,"
he said in
reference to statements by opinion leaders like the
liberal-right Freedom Party (PVV) leader Geert
Wilders and Islam critic Ehsan Jami.
In response to the Joustra's dhimmi remarks,
politician Geert Wilders and Ehsan Jami, founder of
the Committee for ex-Muslims, took out a full page ad
in a newspaper Wednesday harshly condemning Joustra's
position as an attempt to silence the truth about
Islam. Wilders and Jami warned against what they see
as an attempt by Islam to conquer the world. They
compared the Prophet Mohammed to Adolf Hitler.
"We
consider that Joustra should catch terrorists instead
of trying to muzzle
WILDERS: CULTURAL RELATIVISM MAKES ME SICK!
As to his promotion of the idea of banning the Koran--"I do make a distinction between people and religion. I think Islam is a terrible religion but I have nothing against people who act according to our laws and our values and that's not possible with that book [Koran] in your hand."
The rest of the very interesting and contentious interview can be found Here
