DAR AL HARB - NETHERLANDS: MOSLEM JUNIOR MINISTERS NOT TRUSTWORTHY

There is fresh news concerning a story I posted on February 25 about comments made by Dutch politician Geert Wilders and his doubts about the loyalty of two moslem that were appointed as "junior ministers" by the Dutch government.

First a refresher on the Wilders comments followed by the most recent article:

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The leader of a Dutch anti-immigration party will call
for a vote of no-confidence in two Muslim government ministers next week, citing their dual nationality as the issue, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

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In Saturday's interview, Wilders said: "I do not want to live
in a country where some day six or seven members of cabinet could be Muslim," adding that Islamic laws were "barbaric", referring to four people who were beheaded in Saudi-Arabia this week.

"I want to encourage Muslims to leave the Netherlands
voluntarily. The demographic development should become such, that the chance is small that we again have two Muslims in the cabinet."

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Poll: Majority Backs Motion Against Muslim State Secretaries

THE HAGUE, 27/02/07 - A majority of the Dutch seem to be backing a motion of no confidence in State Secretaries Ahmed Aboutaleb and Nebahat Albayrak. They agree with the motion that Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders will put forward on Thursday.

Aboutaleb and Albayrak were appointed State Secretaries of Social Affairs and Justice last week.
As well as their Dutch passports, Aboutaleb also holds a Moroccan, and Albayrak, a Turkish passport. This could land them up in a conflict of loyalties, Wilders believes.

This weekend, Wilders said in newspaper NRC Handelsblad he would put forward a motion of no confidence in the two Labour (PvdA) state secretaries on Thursday, during the Lower House debate on the coalition accord. The entire Lower House is furious about this.

But radio programme Standpunt presented its listeners yesterday with the statement: 'The motion of no confidence against the state secretaries is correct.' Of the 10,000 voters, 59 percent agreed and 41 percent disagreed. If the motion were adopted - which will not happen - the House would implicitly be demanding the state secretaries' resignation.

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HatTip: UmmahNewsLinks.com


Pertinent Links:

1) Poll: Majority Backs Motion Against Muslim State Secretaries