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2nd former PVV parliamentarian converts to Islam
2019-02-06
[DutchNews] A second former PVV politician has converted to Islam, this time after having a change of heart while writing what was supposed to be a critical book.

Joram van Klaveren, who left the PVV after leader Geert Wilders led an anti-Moslem chant in 2014 and formed his own party, told the NRC that his view on Islam changed while writing and that he has now formally converted.

’If you believe in one god and that Mohammed was a prophet, alongside Jesus and Moses, then you are a Moslem,’ Van Klaveren, who has orthodox Protestant roots, told the paper.

During his seven years as an MP for the anti-Moslem party, Van Klaveren was an outspoken critic of Islam, commissioning texts with phrases such as ’Islam is a lie’ and ’the Koran is poison’.

Asked how he deals with the anti-Moslem sentiment he helped create, Van Klaveren said he is constantly being asked if he hates gay people, has plans to go to Syria or can stroke dogs.

’I have contributed to creating and maintaining that bad image of Islam, but you cannot imagine how preconceptions work, until you have to deal with them yourself,’ he said.

In 2013, a former councillor for the PVV in The Hague launched a political party founded on Islamic principles. Arnoud van Doorn converted to Islam after being thrown out of the PVV at the end of 2011 because of ’financial irregularities’.
Deutsche Welle adds:
In an interview with Tijs van den Brink on NPO Radio 1, NRC added that van Klaveren converted to Islam on October 26 last year, ahead of the release of his book titled: Apostate: From Christianity to Islam in the Time of Secular Terror.

Around five percent of the Dutch population of 17 million people or some 850,000 are Moslem, according to the Dutch Central Statistics Bureau (CBS).

And despite Wilders' objections, the religion is growing, with experts expecting that number to double by 2050.
At the link there is also a brief video on why young Dutch voters support Geert Wilders.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  and the underage brides!
Posted by: Frank G   2019-02-06 19:14  

#3  That and no birth control.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-02-06 18:59  

#2  hmm, I guess I underestimated the attraction of 72 virgins
Posted by: Slerert Smith8160   2019-02-06 17:37  

#1  And despite Wilders' objections, the religion is growing, with experts expecting that number to double by 2050.

Is that increase from people converting to Islam because it is a whopping good idea or is it due to increasing numbers of Islamic immigrants?
Posted by: SteveS   2019-02-06 10:38  

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