{"id":3914,"date":"2014-11-29T07:38:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T07:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2014-11-29T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T07:38:15","slug":"netherlands-government-says-closure-of-mosques-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/11\/29\/3914\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands government says closure of mosques unacceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/kirim-mosque.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher has said any closure of mosques in the country would be &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; after a Party for Freedom lawmaker proposed that all mosques there be shut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking in the House of Representatives during a debate on integration on Thursday, Asscher said the extreme Dutch right-wing Party for Freedom had &#8220;exceeded the limit&#8221;.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Party for Freedom MP Machiel de Graaf had called for the closure of all mosques during a parliamentary debate on integration, arguing that his party \u201dwants to de-Islamize the Netherlands&#8221;.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cDutch unity, identity and culture are being wrecked by immigration and via wombs &#8230; we do not want Islam in the Netherlands,&#8221; De Graaf added.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But Asscher said the comments were against the Dutch constitutional democracy and Muslims had the same rights as other Dutch citizens.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Party for Freedom&#8217;s leader, Geert Wilders, who is known for his anti-immigration and anti-Islamic ideas, once compared the Koran to Adolf Hitler&#8217;s Mein Kampf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dutch, Turkish Ministers hold talks on integration<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meanwhile, the foreign ministers of Turkey and the Netherlands held a phone conversation on Wednesday about the rise of xenophobia in the northern European state.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Diplomatic sources reported that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu denied allegations that the Turkish government had taken steps for Turks in Holland that had held up their integration into Dutch society.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But the two ministers agreed that &#8220;integration does not mean assimilation&#8221; and that a thriving Turkish community in Holland will be a success for both countries, the sources said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They also reportedly agreed to have an official meeting as soon as possible and to discuss bilateral relations in detail.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry had previously released a statement which complained to Dutch authorities about &#8220;aggressive and racist accusations&#8221; being made about the Turkish community in Holland, and warned them that the issue could harm bilateral relations.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Foreign ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a written statement that Dutch government officials had prepared a xenophobic report about Turkish associations in Holland. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Aggressive and racist accusations toward Turks who are part of Dutch society and who come from a friendly allied nation are unacceptable,\u201d read the statement. \u201cWe have difficulty in understanding why these racist attacks, which are incompatible with our long history with the Dutch nation, have been on the agenda recently.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Turkey is angry about a report which says that 80 percent of Turkish young people in the Netherlands support jihadist movements.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Also on Wednesday, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher said any closure of mosques in the country would be &#8220;unacceptable,&#8221; 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