The statements by the head of the VVD party, Halbe Zijlstra calling for closer ties with the despotic Muslim rulers especially rulers who are close to European borders, and that they deserve the biggest support of the opposition, have caused an uproar and shocked many.

Once again the controversy over the building of mosques in the Netherlands returns, and this time it is over the construction of Al Wihda Mosque in the Dutch city of Gouda. After a large number of CDA party members raised many questions about the construction of the mosque last November, the party is now seeking to prevent foreign aid to the mosque legally.

On Wednesday afternoon, we were catapulted to the year 2011, when the media coverage in Norway, right after the terror attack in Utøya pointed their fingers at the Muslims without any substantial evidence, as became apparent later. This time it was the attack on the office of the French satire weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo which resulted in twelve people dead.

Some of the Holland parties, such as the BVDA party and the VVD party, conducted recently a discussion about the issue of marriage according to the Islamic Shariah laws, and that occurred after interviewing Sheikh Fawwaz Junaid, who is the Imam of the mosque in the city of The Hague.