The anti-Islam movement Pegida The Netherlands which wanted to roast pigmeat just outside the Lalei Mosque in the south of Rotterdam was politely sent away by a huge crowd of counter protesters.

Following the launch of the publicity campaign for the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, which are due to be held on the fifteenth of this month, political parties have shown all the enmity they carry in their sleeves to Islam and Muslims, a sample of some of the statments of Dutch politicians include: “we must prevent Muslim immigrants from entering the Netherlands”, “we must ban the Qur’an and mosques”

It seems that the ban on Niqab (Islamic Face Veil) will take effect in the Netherlands; after repeated attempts, the Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed today the Government's proposal to impose a penalty for wearing Niqab in some public places, and a fine up to € 405. The proposal bans wearing Niqab is places such as hospitals, government buildings, public transport and picking children from school

On 10/10/2016 a group of Imams published a signed press statement regarding Islamic (Shariah) marriage, it was published in response to the TV program “Undercover in Nederland”, which was aired on Channel SBS 6 on 9/10/2016. This program showed Director Alberto Stijman catching an Imam while conducting an Islamic marriage contract before registration of the marriage in the municipality, which has been illegal in the Netherlands for several years now.