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| More than a third of Dutch are afraid of Muslims: Poll |
| 2004-06-27 |
| More than one-third of the Dutch are afraid of Muslims and nearly three-quarters have little or no contact with people from that cultural background, according to a poll published yesterday. Long known for its multicultural tolerance, the Netherlands has tightened its immigration policy since the 2002 general election, in which the party of murdered far-right politician Pim Fortuyn came second. The survey of 813 Dutch adults by TNS NIPO pollsters for De Volkskrant newspaper found that 36 per cent of the Dutch feel threatened by Muslims in the Netherlands and only 15 per cent regard the culture positively. Half of the respondents fear the Netherlands — which is home to an estimated 900,000 Muslims, or about 5.5 per cent of the population — could become the target of an attack by Muslim fundamentalists such as the Madrid train bombings. Such worries are so strong that 48 per cent of people said they would move house should their neighbourhoods become home to a significant Islamic community. Those who regarded Islamic culture negatively cited Muslim attitudes to homosexuals and women as reasons for their concern, and feared fundamentalists might try to impose their values on Dutch society. The poll found that only 33 per cent of people had regular contact with Muslims and just 20 per cent said they would like to have more. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #10 This is just the start of more troubles for multiculturalist 'nuanced' Europe. God help them. The West had better get its shit together both for our sake and the sake of moderate Muslims. |
| Posted by: Les Nessman 2004-06-27 11:27:19 PM |
| #9 Fear the Tulip Conspiracy. Dutch Reagan Lives. |
| Posted by: Abu A Dyke 2004-06-27 6:10:13 PM |
| #8 Succintly put, Ms. Skolaut. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-27 5:05:01 PM |
| #7 More than a third of Dutch are afraid of Muslims. then we get The poll found that only 33 per cent of people had regular contact with Muslims. Could it be the same people? The numbers are too close to ignore. Dutch that have contact with Muslims are afraid of Muslims. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-06-27 1:35:27 PM |
#6 More than one-third of the Dutch are afraid of MuslimsThe other 2/3 are either moslems themselves, or Dutch with their heads up their asses. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-27 10:35:37 AM |
| #5 #3 Capt - Mr. Blix wouldn't live anywhere near "those" neighborhoods. In fact, I'll bet no person with any modicum of power or influence lives near, or interacts with, their Muslim immigrant community. |
| Posted by: beer_me 2004-06-27 3:42:05 AM |
| #4 The Nedarlands are small. Like the town next door. Why would they want any muslims? |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-27 3:32:53 AM |
| #3 You don't see much of Hans Brinker and his Muslim friends on ice. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-06-27 3:23:56 AM |
| #2 It's too bad that most, if not all, internal and politcal discussion of these fears gets de-legitimized and un-addressed. It would be great if everyone could be drawn into a real (though bitter) politial fight about these issues. Otherwise, the Islamists win the battle inside the Muslim community, and the native population misses the chance to integrate the normal Muslims, which could turn their religion into something we can all live with. Yes Steve, it does explain. But think about who would have the most weapons in der Nederlanden. |
| Posted by: beer_me 2004-06-27 3:01:49 AM |
| #1 Ah. That explains Srebrenica. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-06-27 2:35:21 AM |