MPs call for action on religious schools after Islamic indoctrination claims
5 years, 3 months ago

MPs call for action on religious schools after Islamic indoctrination claims

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The ruling VVD and opposition Labour party want to change an article in the Dutch constitution which gives people the right to set up a school on the basis of a religion. VVD parliamentarian Dennis Wiersma told Radio 1 on Thursday that revelations in the NRC newspaper on Wednesday about weekend schools run by fundamentalist Muslim organisations are ‘enormously worrying’ and ‘are directly opposed to everything which we want’. The Labour party had already drawn up proposals to tighten up the rules on religious schools follow the controversy about Amsterdam’s Islamic secondary school Cornelis Haga. Labour leader Lodewijk Asscher said on Facebook on Thursday he considers that indoctrinating primary school children is the same as child abuse and is limiting Muslim children’s development.

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Mosques file complaint against education minister over 'radical' schools
2 years, 1 month ago

Mosques file complaint against education minister over 'radical' schools

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Education minister Dennis Wiersma has been accused of breaking the constitutional ban on discrimination with his plan to target Islamic weekend schools suspected of fostering radicalism. An organisation representing Islamic institutions in the Rotterdam area, SPIOR, has filed a police complaint against the minister after he said last month he wanted to authorise education inspectors to take action against schools …

Mosques file complaint against education minister over 'radical' schools
2 years, 1 month ago

Mosques file complaint against education minister over 'radical' schools

Dutch News  

Education minister Dennis Wiersma has been accused of breaking the constitutional ban on discrimination with his plan to target Islamic weekend schools suspected of fostering radicalism. An organisation representing Islamic institutions in the Rotterdam area, SPIOR, has filed a police complaint against the minister after he said last month he wanted to authorise education inspectors to take action against schools …

Minister faces prosecution probe after defending anti-gay school charters
4 years, 2 months ago

Minister faces prosecution probe after defending anti-gay school charters

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The prosecution service is to investigate whether education minister Arie Slob broke the law by defending the right of Christian schools to require parents to sign covenants rejecting homosexuality. The minister, who represents the orthodox Christian party ChristenUnie in the four-party coalition, came under fire during a parliamentary debate on Monday when he said schools’ had the constitutional freedom to …

Minister faces prosecution probe after defending anti-gay school charters
4 years, 2 months ago

Minister faces prosecution probe after defending anti-gay school charters

Dutch News  

The prosecution service is to investigate whether education minister Arie Slob broke the law by defending the right of Christian schools to require parents to sign covenants rejecting homosexuality. The minister, who represents the orthodox Christian party ChristenUnie in the four-party coalition, came under fire during a parliamentary debate on Monday when he said schools’ had the constitutional freedom to …

Protestant schools under fire over homosexuality statement; MPs call for change
4 years, 2 months ago

Protestant schools under fire over homosexuality statement; MPs call for change

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A majority of MPs are calling for change to a loophole used by fundamentalist Protestant schools in the Netherlands to require parents to sign a document saying they reject homosexual lifestyles. The issue was highlighted during a debate on citizenship education in parliament on Monday afternoon, when education minister Arie Slob defended the current practice, saying that schools can require …

Protestant schools under fire over homosexuality statement; MPs call for change
4 years, 2 months ago

Protestant schools under fire over homosexuality statement; MPs call for change

Dutch News  

A majority of MPs are calling for change to a loophole used by fundamentalist Protestant schools in the Netherlands to require parents to sign a document saying they reject homosexual lifestyles. The issue was highlighted during a debate on citizenship education in parliament on Monday afternoon, when education minister Arie Slob defended the current practice, saying that schools can require …

MPs call for action on religious schools after Islamic indoctrination claims
5 years, 3 months ago

MPs call for action on religious schools after Islamic indoctrination claims

Dutch News  

The ruling VVD and opposition Labour party want to change an article in the Dutch constitution which gives people the right to set up a school on the basis of a religion. VVD parliamentarian Dennis Wiersma told Radio 1 on Thursday that revelations in the NRC newspaper on Wednesday about weekend schools run by fundamentalist Muslim organisations are ‘enormously worrying’ …

Ten requests to open Islamic middle school turned down last year
5 years, 6 months ago

Ten requests to open Islamic middle school turned down last year

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All 10 requests to open new Islamic secondary schools last year were reportedly turned down, according to figures from education body DUO. There is a legal minimum of 732 pupils to receive public funding for a school, and inspectors apparently judged whether the potential schools would meet these numbers by looking at the number of similar primary schools in their …

Ten requests to open Islamic middle school turned down last year
5 years, 6 months ago

Ten requests to open Islamic middle school turned down last year

Dutch News  

All 10 requests to open new Islamic secondary schools last year were reportedly turned down, according to figures from education body DUO. There is a legal minimum of 732 pupils to receive public funding for a school, and inspectors apparently judged whether the potential schools would meet these numbers by looking at the number of similar primary schools in their …

Inspectors find no evidence of hard-line Islam at Amsterdam school
5 years, 6 months ago

Inspectors find no evidence of hard-line Islam at Amsterdam school

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Senior staff at Amsterdam’s Islamic secondary school have been involved in financial misconduct but there is no hard evidence that the school is indoctrinating pupils in the fundamentalist form of Islam know as ‘Salafism’, according to a report by school inspectors. The inspectors criticism focuses on three areas: the financial strategy, the fact that the school does not sufficiently distance …

Inspectors find no evidence of hard-line Islam at Amsterdam school
5 years, 6 months ago

Inspectors find no evidence of hard-line Islam at Amsterdam school

Dutch News  

Senior staff at Amsterdam’s Islamic secondary school have been involved in financial misconduct but there is no hard evidence that the school is indoctrinating pupils in the fundamentalist form of Islam know as ‘Salafism’, according to a report by school inspectors. The inspectors criticism focuses on three areas: the financial strategy, the fact that the school does not sufficiently distance …

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