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Wilders withdraws the proposal to ban mosques and the Koran in the Netherlands

2024-01-09 18:53:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Wilders withdraws the proposal to ban mosques and the Koran in the Netherlands
Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders, the controversial far-right politician who won the election in the Netherlands, has withdrawn his proposal to stop the closing of mosques and the removal of the Koran.

Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party (PVV) made a key concession to potential coalition partners on Monday, announcing he was withdrawing a law he proposed in 2018 calling for a ban on mosques and the Koran.

The move comes a day before negotiations to form the next government continue after the election victory in November.

Abandoning the draft law could be the key to gaining the trust and support of the three other parties with which Wilders' party wants to enter a coalition, AP writes.

One of the leaders of these parties, Pieter Omtzigt, of the reformist New Social Contract, expressed concern that some of Wilders' views violate the Dutch constitution, which guarantees freedoms, including freedom of religion.

Wilders will resume coalition talks with Omtzigt and the leaders of two other parties, the centre-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the Citizens and Farmers Movement led by Caroline van der Plas.

During a parliamentary debate last year, after the PVV won 37 seats in the 150-seat lower house of the Dutch parliament in the Nov. 22 general election, Wilders signaled a softening of his party's hardline anti-Islam stance.

"Sometimes I have to withdraw proposals and I will do that. I will tell the Netherlands, the legislature, Mr. Omtzigt's party and anyone who wants to listen that we will adapt our rules to the constitution and harmonize our proposals with it," Wilders said during the debate.

Among the three laws now withdrawn by Wilders' Freedom Party was one from 2018 that proposed banning "Islamic expression". The text of the law labels Islam as a "violent, totalitarian ideology" and proposes banning mosques, the Koran, Islamic schools and the wearing of burqas and niqabs.

This bill never received majority support in parliament.


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